Existentialism and the Desirability of Immortality

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Adam Buben is a Universitair Docent 1 in Philosophy at Leiden University in the Netherlands. He is the co-editor, with Eleanor Helms and Patrick Stokes, of The Kierkegaardian Mind (Routledge, 2019).

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This book looks to existential thinkers for reasons to hope immortal life could be worth living. It injects new arguments and insights into the debate about the desirability of immortality, and tackles related issues such as boredom, personal identity, technological progress, and the meaning of life.

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Introduction: The Hope of Meaningful Immortality 1. Early Arguments About the Desirability of Immortality 2. Kierkegaard on Repeatable Pleasures, Perpetual Projects, and Risk 3. The Dark Side of Desire: Nietzsche, Immortality, and the Roots of Transhumanism 4. Unamuno on Having the Strength to Long for Personal Immortality 5. Heidegger on Finitude and Value 6. Immortality Online: Reasons to Be Wary 7. Sartre and the Importance of Always Having an Exit 8. Camus and the Absurdist Case for Immortality 9. Grander Ambitions, Rekindled Interests, and Limited Memory in Beauvoir Conclusion: Disappointment and Death