In 34 kurzen Abschnitten zu Fragen wie »Habe ich einen Körper?«, »Wie ehrlich soll ich sein?« oder »Ist ein Haus besser als eine Wohnung?« gibt Anton Leist in diesem Buch jeweils eine »kurze« und eine »lange« Antwort – unter Rückgriff auf andere Philosophinnen und Philosophen, aber in einer allgemeinverständlichen Ausdrucksweise. Die säkulare Philosophie äußert sich zum menschlichen Leben kaum in alltagsnaher Weise, und wenn doch, dann meist im Anschluss an die antiken Glückslehren. Solche...

Arguably the most decorated and critically acclaimed writer of today, J. M. Coetzee is a deeply intellectual writer. Yet while just about everyone who comes to Coetzee's writing is aware that the visible superstructure of his works is moved from below by a vast substructure of ideas, we are still far from grasping Coetzee's intellectual allegiances as a whole. This book sets out to examine these allegiances in ways not attempted before, by bringing leadingfigures in the philosophy of liter...

In 2003, South African writer J. M. Coetzee was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for his riveting portrayals of racial repression, sexual politics, the guises of reason, and the hypocrisy of human beings toward animals and nature. Coetzee was credited with being "a scrupulous doubter, ruthless in his criticism of the cruel rationalism and cosmetic morality of western civilization." The film of his novel Disgrace, starring John Malkovich, brought his challenging ideas to a new...