Strangers by Choice - An Asocial Philosophy of Life.- Translated by Tul'si Bhambry and Agnieszka Waskiewicz. Editorial work by Tul'si Bhambry. (Hardcover, New edition)

Strangers by Choice explores voluntary otherness as a philosophy of life. This philosophy is asocial in the sense that its followers tend to privilege separateness over belonging, and yet it does not lead to alienation or isolation from society. Building on Simmel's notion of the stranger, the author sheds light on the experience of spiritual idealists, both real and fictional, who maintain a distance from mainstream society in order to live by the laws of their transcendental homelands. Waskiewicz addresses representations of strangeness from a broad spectrum of Western culture, including Stoic philosophy, Augustine of Hippo, Henry David Thoreau, the physicist Richard Feynman, and finally Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Highlighting how these writers and thinkers have negotiated individuality and community, this interdisciplinary study contributes to debates on identity in both practical philosophy and the history of ideas.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Ag
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Modernity in Question, 4
Release date:	December 2014
First published:	2015
Authors:	Andrzej Waskiewicz
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	297
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-3-631-64040-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social theory Promotions
LSN:	3-631-64040-4
Barcode:	9783631640401

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