{"product_id":"death-the-gnostic-experience-in-jungian-philosophy-and-contemporary-culture-9780812693300","title":"Death: The Gnostic Experience in Jungian Philosophy and Contemporary Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Herbert Fingarette\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Open Court\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Open Court\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Death \u0026amp; Dying\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFingarette faces up to the reality of death and demolishes some popular errors in our thinking about death. He examines the metaphors which mislead us: death as parting, death as sleep, immortality as the denial of death, and selflessness as a kind of consolation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe thinks through some of the more illuminating metaphors: death as the end of the world for me, death as the conclusion of a story, life as ceremony, and life as a tourist visit to earth. Fingarette goes on to discuss living a future without end and living a present without bounds. The author offers no facile consolation, but he identifies the true root of fear of death, and explains how the meaning of death can be reconceived.","brand":"Open Court","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45113955057815,"sku":"9780812693300","price":1692.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780812693300.webp?v=1767269165","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/death-the-gnostic-experience-in-jungian-philosophy-and-contemporary-culture-9780812693300","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}