Product Description

This book begins with an historical overview of philosophers from Plato to Hegel and Marx who have believed in some sort of meaning of life. Young goes on to look at what happened when the traditional structures that provided life with meaning ceased to be believed.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #319246 in Books
• Published on: 2003-07-23
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 248 pages

Review
"...inventive and consistently engaging...marks out genuinely new ground, a rare achievement..." -- Charles Guignon, University of South Florida

"...inventive and consistently engaging..marks out genuinely new ground, a rare achievement...." -- Charles Guignon, University of South Florida

'This Inventive and consistently engaging book steps outside the dusty problematics central to mainstream philosophy and addresses a question that is central to a wide audience in the modern world... As a result, the book marks out genuinely new ground... the conclusion (is) not only intellectually engaging, but also deeply moving.' - Charles Guignon, University of South Florida

'Young is to be congratulated in producing a lively and accessible discussion of some difficult philosophical texts.' - The London Magazine

'Young's book builds on his excellent study of Nietzsche's aesthetics.' - The Philosopher's Magazine

'This book is excellent as a weekend read, yet is sectioned perfectly for use as a course text; it is absolutely a worthwhile read for professional philosophers and students of philosophy alike, as well as anyone who has ever wondered about 'the meaning of life'.' - Dialogue

Young is to be congratulated in producing a lively and accessible discussion of some difficult philosophical texts. - The London Magazine

Youngs book builds on his excellent study of Nietzsches aesthetics. - The Philosophers Magazine

This book is excellent as a weekend read, yet is sectioned perfectly for use as a course text; it is absolutely a worthwhile read for professional philosophers and students of philosophy alike, as well as anyone who has ever wondered about the meaning of life. - Dialogue

About the Author
Julian Young is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Tasmania. He is the author of Nietzche's Philosophy of Art (1993), Heidegger, Philosophy and Nazism (1997), Heidegger's Philosophy of Art (2001), and Heidegger's Later Philosophy (2002). He is also co-translator of Heidegger's Holzwege.