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Strangers by Choice; An Asocial Philosophy of Life.- Translated by Tul'si Bhambry and Agnieszka Waśkiewicz. Editorial work by Tul'si Bhambry. Hardcover - 2014

by Andrzej Waskiewicz


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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. Wa?kiewicz 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.

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  • Title Strangers by Choice; An Asocial Philosophy of Life.- Translated by Tul'si Bhambry and Agnieszka Waśkiewicz. Editorial work by Tul'si Bhambry.
  • Author Andrzej Waskiewicz
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 297
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Peter Lang D
  • Date 2014-12-29
  • ISBN 9783631640401 / 3631640404
  • Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.3 x 5.9 x 0.9 in (21.08 x 14.99 x 2.29 cm)
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Sociological
  • Library of Congress subjects Theological anthropology, Spirituality
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2014032011
  • Dewey Decimal Code 128

About the author

Andrzej Wa?kiewicz teaches the history of social and political ideas at the University of Warsaw's Institute of Sociology and the Collegium Artes Liberales (Poland). The Polish original of Strangers by Choice was shortlisted for the Gdynia Literary Prize in 2009.
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