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Why Grow Up?

Paperback • 2016 • 1. edition

Why Grow Up?

By Susan Neiman

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About the book

In Why Grow Up, the latest volume in the Philosophy in Transit series, world-renowned philosopher Susan Neiman looks at growing up as an ideal with urgent relevance todayBecoming an adult today can seem a grim prospect. As you grow up, you are told to renounce most of the hopes and dreams of your youth, and resign yourself to a life that will be a pale dilution of the adventurous, important and enjoyable life you once expected. But who wants to do any of that? No wonder we live in a culture of r...Show more

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9780141982496

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

Published year

2016

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1

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Why Grow Up?

Format

Paperback

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