The courage to exist : (Record no. 27525)
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| fixed length control field | 02033nam a2200169 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9789390122820 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 113.8 |
| Item number | JAH-C |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Jahanbegloo, Ramin, |
| Relator term | author. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The courage to exist : |
| Sub Title | a philosophy of life and death in the age of Coronavirus / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Ramin Jahanbegloo. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Telangana: |
| Name of publisher | Orient Blackswan Publication Ltd., |
| Year of publication | 2020 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 96 pages ; |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references (pages 92-96). |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | The coronavirus pandemic is one of those historical moments when our past, present and future seem to collide. Humanity is confronted by an ignominious death—death reduced to a statistic. The fear of dying from an invisible, unknown enemy has changed our modes of thinking, living and being, both public and private, even as lockdowns and State surveillance measures—ostensibly distancing ‘healthy’ society from the impure, ‘unhealthy’ Other—have violated fundamental human rights and liberties.<br/>Humankind is living its kairos, its propitious moment and opportunity to take a decision—one which will impact each one of us. The pandemic has engendered a moral crisis and vacuum. Humanity has no option but to respond to the more violent consequences of the pandemic with a new moral, aesthetic and personal philosophy. To survive this, and future pandemics, we must urgently re-evaluate the basic human values on which our world stands. We must redefine freedom, the value of life and death.<br/>It is the universal human capacity for empathy, hope and compassionate justice that enable the possibility of a common ethical world of meaning and human solidarity. And it is here that a potential future for humanity lies, suggests world-renowned philosopher Ramin Jahanbegloo in The Courage to Exist. Only a morality of common humanity—valid for all human beings at all times—can redefine the art of living, in the face of a death that we all fear. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Life. |
| General subdivision | Death |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Coronavirus infections |
| General subdivision | COVID-19 (Disease) |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Cost, replacement price | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| NASSDOC Library | NASSDOC Library | 15/03/2022 | 7 | 142.35 | 113.8 JAH-C | 52194 | 195.00 | 15/03/2022 | Books |