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Staying Alive: The Varieties of Immortality
Author(s): Jason K. Swedene (Author)
- Publisher: University Press of America
- Publication Date: 16 Oct. 2009
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 162 pages
- ISBN-10: 0761847588
- ISBN-13: 9780761847588
Book Description
This book explores the desire to live forever, which manifests itself in many forms. The author’s self-expressed ‘aim has been, simply, to write a readable book that will afford the reader an increased sensitivity to the many ways the desire for immortality has shaped history, philosophy, art, and literature.’
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About the Author
Jason K. Swedene is an associate professor of philosophy and humanities at Lake Superior State University in Michigan. Swedene is also the director of the University’s Honors Program. He has authored articles in ethics and a book entitled, A Philosophy of Moral Dilemmas: Why We Should Not Feel Guilty About Things We Have Done (Lewiston: Edwin Mellen Press, 2007).
