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This books offers a philosophical exploration and assessment of the various ways in which human societies have confronted the question of death and mortality. In a very accessible style, the author considers religion’s attempt to make sense of death, science’s attempt to evade death, and philosophy’s attempt to embrace death as a fundamental and defining moment of what it means to be human.

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"There is no question that Francoise Dastur is one of the most important interpreters of the phenomenological tradition. She is, however, a real philosopher in her own right. This fact is nowhere more evident than in her little book on death. Dastur's How are we to Confront Death reminds us of what modern, technological life has made us forget: that the feeling of anxiety in the confrontation with death is deeply connected to the laughter that liberates us from our everyday worries. All of us need this reminder that Francoise Dastur has given us." -- -Leonard Lawlor Pennsylvania State University "An extraordinary little book on a subject of interest quite literally to us all." -- -Michael Naas DePaul University

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    A Paperback / softback by Françoise Dastur, Robert Vallier, David Farrell Krell

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      Publisher: Fordham University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 02/11/2012
      ISBN13: 9780823242405, 978-0823242405
      ISBN10: 0823242404
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      Book Synopsis
      This books offers a philosophical exploration and assessment of the various ways in which human societies have confronted the question of death and mortality. In a very accessible style, the author considers religion’s attempt to make sense of death, science’s attempt to evade death, and philosophy’s attempt to embrace death as a fundamental and defining moment of what it means to be human.

      Trade Review
      "There is no question that Francoise Dastur is one of the most important interpreters of the phenomenological tradition. She is, however, a real philosopher in her own right. This fact is nowhere more evident than in her little book on death. Dastur's How are we to Confront Death reminds us of what modern, technological life has made us forget: that the feeling of anxiety in the confrontation with death is deeply connected to the laughter that liberates us from our everyday worries. All of us need this reminder that Francoise Dastur has given us." -- -Leonard Lawlor Pennsylvania State University "An extraordinary little book on a subject of interest quite literally to us all." -- -Michael Naas DePaul University

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