The fear of insignificance searching for meaning in the twenty-first century / [Texte imprimé] :
Carlo Strenger
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, cop. 2011
- 1 vol. (220 p.) : couv. ill. ; 22 cm
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The years of the golden calf -- "Just do it": the celebrity culture and the designed self -- The defeat of mind: relativism and pop-spirituality -- The drama of individuality -- From "just do it!" to active self acceptance -- Paring down life to the essentials: an epicurean proposal -- Escaping the platonic cave -- Religion and science: civilized disdain and epicurean laughter -- Towards world-citizenship and a coalition of open worldviews