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Title
The philosophical roots of loneliness and intimacy : political narcissism and the problem of evil / Ben Lazare Mijuskovic.
ISBN
9783030906023 (electronic bk.)
3030906027 (electronic bk.)
9783030906016
3030906019
Published
Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022]
Copyright
©2022
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-90602-3 doi
Call Number
B808.9 .M55 2022
Dewey Decimal Classification
153
Summary
Ben Lazare Mijuskovic has spent 40 years researching theories of consciousness in relation to human loneliness, using an interdisciplinary and "history of ideas" approach. In this book, Mijuskovic combines Kant's theory of reflexive self-consciousness with Husserl's transcendent principle of intentionality to describe the distinctive philosophical, psychological, and sociological roots of loneliness and intimacy. He argues that loneliness is innate, unavoidable, and constituted by the structure of self-consciousness itself. Ben Lazare Mijuskovic was associate professor at California State University, Dominguez Hills, USA, prior to retirement. He is also a licensed clinical therapist and has worked for many years with the San Diego and Los Angeles Departments of Mental Health
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Includes index.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed December 29, 2021).
Introduction
Chapter 1: Time-Consciousness, Personal Identity, and Loneliness
Chapter 2: Consciousness Versus Language: Wittgenstein and Russell
Chapter 3: Loneliness and the Possibility of a "Private Language"
Chapter 4: Organic Communities, Atomistic Societies, and Loneliness
Chapter 5: Ethical Responsibility, Spontaneity, and the Problem of Evil.-Chapter 6: Ethical Principles, Criteria, and the Meaning of Human Values.-Chapter 7: Loneliness and Political Narcissism.