Why grow up? : subversive thoughts for an infantile age /

Why grow up? : subversive thoughts for an infantile age /

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Neiman, Susan.
Edition:	First American edition.
Imprint:	New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.
Description:	231 pages ; 20 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Maturation (Psychology) Maturation (Psychology)
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10337149

Hidden Bibliographic Details
ISBN:	9780374289966 (hardcover) 0374289964 (hardcover) 9780374713201 (e-book)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	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 realities and uncertainties.

Table of Contents:

Historical backgrounds : possible worlds
What is enlightenment?
Breaking chains
Infancy, childhood, adolescence
Busy being born
Don't get fooled again
Dissatisfied minds
Becoming adult
Education
Travel
Work
Why grow up?