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“When education is overwhelmed by hypermedia, travel facile or ruinous, and work a blurred mixture of more dependence and less meaning, it’s harder than ever to use those experiences to grow. But growing up, I have argued, has been dogged by dilemma ever since it was a real option. As Enlightenment philosophers knew, it’s a process that is as socially determined as it is profoundly individual.”

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Book:Why Grow Up?: Subversive Thoughts for an Infantile Age
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Why Grow Up?: Subversive Thoughts for an Infantile Age

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Susan Neiman
Susan Neiman

Susan Neiman is an American philosopher known for her research in ethics and the history of philosophy. Her work focuses on moral philosophy, political philosophy, and Jewish philosophy, particularly as it applies to contemporary society. Her writings explore themes such as freedom, responsibility, justice, and moral judgment. more

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