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" The fear of insignificance : "
Carlo Strenger.
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BL
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618235
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Strenger, Carlo.
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The fear of insignificance : : searching for meaning in the twenty-first century /\ Carlo Strenger.
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1st ed.
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New York :: Palgrave Macmillan,, 2011.
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220 p. ;; 21 cm.
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9780230108950
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: 0230108954
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: 9780230113756
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: 0230113753
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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Existential psychology.
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Existentialism.
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Individuation (Psychology).
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