{"product_id":"philosophy-as-a-way-of-life-history-dimensions-directions-paperback","title":"Philosophy as a Way of Life: History, Dimensions, Directions - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatthew Sharpe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKeith Ansell-Pearson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMichael Ure\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this first ever introduction to philosophy as a way of life in the Western tradition, Matthew Sharpe and Michael Ure take us through the history of the idea from Socrates and Plato, via the medievals, Renaissance and Enlightenment thinkers, to Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, Foucault and Hadot. They examine the kinds of practical exercises each thinker recommended to transform their philosophy into manners of living. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhilosophy as a Way of Life\u003c\/i\u003e also examines the recent resurgence of thinking about philosophy as a practical, lived reality and why this ancient tradition still has so much relevance and power in the contemporary world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatthew Sharpe \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor of Philosophy, Deakin University, Australia. He is co-author of \u003ci\u003eZizek and Politics: a Critical Introduction \u003c\/i\u003e(2010) and \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Psychoanalysis \u003c\/i\u003e(2008) and author of \u003ci\u003eSlavoj Zizek: a Li\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ettle Piece of the Rea\u003c\/i\u003el (2004) and \u003ci\u003eCamus, Philosophe: to Return to Our Beginnings\u003c\/i\u003e (2016)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMichael Ure is Senior Lecturer in Politics in the School of Political and Social Inquiry, Monash University, Australia. He is author of \u003ci\u003eNietzsche's Therapy: Self-Cultivation in the Middle Works\u003c\/i\u003e (2008) and \u003ci\u003eNietzsche's 'The Gay Science'\u003c\/i\u003e (2018) and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Politics of Compassion \u003c\/i\u003e(2014)\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 424\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 12, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53213418684723,"sku":"9781350102149","price":71.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/I-A2pGYMvc9781350102149.webp?v=1775694097","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/philosophy-as-a-way-of-life-history-dimensions-directions-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}