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1) Why grow up?: subversive thoughts for an infantile age

Author

Neiman, Susan

Pub. Date

2015.

Edition

First American edition.

Language

English

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In "Why Grow Up? "the philosopher Susan Neiman asks not just why one should grow up but how. In making her case she draws chiefly from the thought of Kant and Rousseau, who articulated very different theories on the proper way to "come of age." But these thinkers complement each other in seeking a "path between mindlessly accepting everything you're told and mindlessly rejecting it," and in learning to live without despair in a world marked by painful...

2) Evil in modern thought: an alternative history of philosophy

Author

Neiman, Susan

Series

Princeton Classics

Pub. Date

2002.

Language

English

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"Winner of the 2002 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Philosophy, Association of American Publishers" "Winner of the 2003 Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion, American Academy of Religion" "One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2003" Susan Neiman is director of the Einstein Forum in Potsdam. Her books include Why Grow Up? and Moral Clarity: A Guide for Grown-Up Idealists (Princeton). A compelling look at the problem...

3) Learning from the Germans: race and the memory of evil

Author

Neiman, Susan

Pub. Date

2019.

Edition

First edition.

Language

English

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"As an increasingly polarized America fights over the legacy of racism, Susan Neiman, author of the contemporary philosophical classic Evil in Modern Thought, asks what we can learn from the Germans about confronting the evils of the past."--Provided by publisher.