Why grow up? : subversive thoughts for an infantile age
- London : Penguin Books, 2016
- 245 p. ; 20 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In Why Grow Up? Susan Neiman challenges our culture of permanent adolescence, turning to thinkers including Kant, Rousseau, and Arendt to find a model of maturity that is not a matter of resignation.
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Adulthood Psychology Emotional maturity Philosophy Maturity Boundless trust Childhood Disappoinment Exhilaration Courage Despair/Dogma Bad faith Educational reform Moral development Parenting Scepticism Self-deception Sexism Wonder