| Description |
1 online resource (151 unnumbered pages) |
| Contents |
Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter One: Love; Chapter Two: Play; Chapter Three: Work; Chapter Four: Fear; Chapter Five: Wonder; Chapter Six: Friendship; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index |
| Summary |
One of the age-old questions of philosophy is what does it mean to live a good life? In this extraordinary book, scholar and writer, Julienne van Loon, applies a range of philosophical ideas to her own experience. Van Loon engages with the work of six leading contemporary thinkers and writers -- Rosi Braidotti, Nancy Holmstrom, Siri Hustvedt, Laura Kipnis, Julia Kristeva and Marina Warner -- through interrogating and enlivening their ideas on love, play, fear, work, wonder and friendship. Her journey is intellectual and deeply personal, political and intimate at once. It introduces readers to s. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Women scholars.
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Women -- Social conditions.
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Women -- Conduct of life.
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Female friendship.
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Women employees -- Social aspects.
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scholars. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. |
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Female friendship |
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Women -- Conduct of life |
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Women scholars |
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Women -- Social conditions |
| Other Form: |
Print version: 1742236308 9781742236308 (OCoLC)1077788804 |
| ISBN |
9781742244488 (electronic bk.) |
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1742244483 (electronic bk.) |
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9781742248943 (electronic bk.) |
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1742248942 (electronic bk.) |
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9781742236308 |
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1742236308 |
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