Why grow up?
Subtitle: subversive thoughts for an infantile age
By: Susan Neiman
Edition: First American edition.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9780374289966
Subjects: Maturation (Psychology)
Description: In "Why Grow Up? "the philosopher Susan Neiman asks not just why one should grow up but how. In making her case she draws chiefly from the thought of Kant and Rousseau, who articulated very different theories on the proper way to "come of age." But these thinkers complement each other in seeking a "path between mindlessly accepting everything you're told and mindlessly rejecting it," and in learning to live without despair in a world marked by painful realities and uncertainties.
Notes: "Originally published in 2014 by Penguin Books, Great Britain"--Title-page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Historical backgrounds : possible worlds; title: What is enlightenment?; title: Breaking chains; title: Infancy, childhood, adolescence; title: Busy being born; title: Don't get fooled again; title: Dissatisfied minds; title: Becoming adult; title: Education; title: Travel; title: Work; title: Why grow up?