{"product_id":"9781788163019","title":"This Life : Why Mortality Makes Us Free","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Hagglund, Martin, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 01\/10\/2020,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 464 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Profile Books Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Profile Books Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Popular philosophy\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781788163019\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003eIf this life is all there is, what should we do with it?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoin Swedish philosopher Martin Hagglund on an original inquiry into the deepest questions of existence, beginning with a radical declaration: 'What I do and what I love can matter to me only because I understand myself as mortal.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough revelatory engagements with some of history's greatest philosophers, including Aristotle, St Augustine, Nietzsche, Hegel and Marx, Hagglund attacks our two great deceivers, religion and capitalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnly by stripping away their subtle illusions can we discover the true value of our earthly freedom. Existence is revealed as a collective project: everything is at stake in what we do together, and no victory can survive us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The light of bliss - even when it floods your life - is always attended by the shadow of loss.' By illuminating this truth, This Life forges an existential philosophy fit for a darkening century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36600912740505,"sku":"9781788163019","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781788163019.jpg?v=1602172268","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781788163019","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}