Loneliness as a Way of Life / / Thomas Dumm.
"What does it mean to be lonely?" Dumm asks. His inquiry, documented in this book, takes us beyond social circumstances and into the deeper forces that shape our very existence as modern individuals. The modern individual, Dumm suggests, is fundamentally a lonely self. This book challenges...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada) |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009] ©2010 |
| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (208 p.) |
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| Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue: Cordelia's Calculus -- Chapter I: Being -- Chapter II: Having -- Chapter III: Loving -- Chapter IV: Grieving -- Epilogue: Writing -- Notes -- Index |
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| Summary: | "What does it mean to be lonely?" Dumm asks. His inquiry, documented in this book, takes us beyond social circumstances and into the deeper forces that shape our very existence as modern individuals. The modern individual, Dumm suggests, is fundamentally a lonely self. This book challenges us, not to overcome our loneliness, but to learn how to re-inhabit it in a better way. |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9780674034372 9783110756067 9783110442205 |
| DOI: | 10.4159/9780674034372 |
| Access: | restricted access |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Thomas Dumm. |