02526oam 2200601I 450 991045958020332120200520144314.01-317-49277-31-315-71171-01-282-94732-X97866129473221-84465-411-710.4324/9781315711713 (CKB)2670000000066693(EBL)1886889(SSID)ssj0000671829(PQKBManifestationID)11422862(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000671829(PQKBWorkID)10633973(PQKB)11602758(MiAaPQ)EBC1886889(Au-PeEL)EBL1886889(CaPaEBR)ebr10455548(OCoLC)898104118(OCoLC)958107255(EXLCZ)99267000000006669320180706e20142009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAnnihilation the sense and significance of death /Christopher BelshawLondon ;New York :Routledge,2014.1 online resource (271 p.)First published 2009 by Acumen.1-84465-134-7 1-84465-135-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. Death; 2. Definitions; 3. Human beings; 4. Is it bad to die?; 5. Circumstances and degrees; 6. Posthumous harms; 7. An asymmetry; 8. Numbers; 9. Cheating death; Appendix: Brain death - history and debate; Notes; Bibliography; IndexThe ever-present possibility of death forces upon us the question of life's meaning and for this reason death has been a central concern of philosophers throughout history. From Socrates to Heidegger, philosophers have grappled with the nature and significance of death. In ""Annihilation"", Christopher Belshaw explores two central questions at the heart of philosophy's engagement with death: what is death; and is it bad that we die? Belshaw begins by distinguishing between literal and metaphorical uses of the term and offers a unified and biological account of death, denying that death brings DeathElectronic books.Death.128.5Belshaw Christopher.864734MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459580203321Annihilation1930200UNINA03165nam 2200805Ia 450 991095599960332120200520144314.0978143843774314384377499781441699046144169904X10.1515/9781438437743(CKB)2670000000136587(EBL)3407290(SSID)ssj0000606624(PQKBManifestationID)11390923(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000606624(PQKBWorkID)10582139(PQKB)11558512(MiAaPQ)EBC3407290(OCoLC)ocn767670644(MdBmJHUP)muse14199(Au-PeEL)EBL3407290(CaPaEBR)ebr10574152(OCoLC)767670644(DE-B1597)683187(DE-B1597)9781438437743(Perlego)2672700(EXLCZ)99267000000013658720110204d2011 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrQueer times, queer becomings /edited by E. L. McCallum and Mikko Tuhkanen1st ed.Albany State University of New York Pressc20111 online resource (374 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9781438437736 1438437730 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents -- List Of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. The Intimacies Of Time -- Queer Aesthetics -- Sedgwick's Twisted Temporalities, "or Even Just Reading and Writing" -- Bareback Time -- No Second Chances -- Nostalgia For An Age Yet To Come -- Part Ii. Looking Ahead To The Postfutural -- Happy Futures, Perhaps -- Close Reading The Present -- "My Spirit's Posthumeity" And The Sleeper's Outflung Hand -- Stein Und Zeit -- Part Iii. Chronic Anachronisms -- Mestiza Metaphysics -- Return From The Future -- Still Here -- Keeping Time With Lesbians On Ecstasy -- Rhythm -- Contributors -- Index.Queer theory essays on time and becoming in the fields of literature, philosophy, film, and performance.Homosexuality in literatureHomosexuality in motion picturesTime in literatureTime in motion picturesHomosexuality and literatureHomosexuality and motion picturesQueer theoryHomosexuality in literature.Homosexuality in motion pictures.Time in literature.Time in motion pictures.Homosexuality and literature.Homosexuality and motion pictures.Queer theory.809/.9335266EC 1876rvkMcCallum E. L(Ellen Lee),1966-1810667Tuhkanen Mikko1967-1806009MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910955999603321Queer times, queer becomings4362080UNINA