Philosophy as Self-Care

• Authors: Bolotnikova Elena N.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This article states that the search for the meaning of life is possible only through an address to non-existence, and it is a sign of genuine human self-care. Religion and phi-losophy are considered as incarnation of the space of care. Philosophy here is under-stood in a broad sense, not as a rigorous science, but as search for wisdom. Based on the structure of self-care, given in Michel Foucault’s works, here are revealed peculiarities of the search for the meaning of life in respective fields. This also implies different lifestyles. The author believes that genuine self-care is available to everyone, in spite of the nature of modern mass culture.

Keywords

EN

the meaning of life; discursive/non-discursive mode of knowledge; self-care; telos; ascetic practices; ethical substance; mode of subjection

• Publisher: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk; Fundacja Filozofia Na Rzecz Dialogu
• Journal: Dialogue and Universalism
• Year: 2014
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 50-56

Contributors

author

Bolotnikova Elena N.

• Samara State Technical University, Samara. Russia