A Map to the End of Time by Ronald Manheimer
Ronald Manheimer began to teach philosophy to a group of senior citizens in the hope that their experiences might help connect him to the great philosphical ideas and clarify his thoughts about aging and mortality. His conversations with his students and others around him provide him with dazzling new insight into his own life and his place in the world. A gifted teacher and philosopher, Manheimer's recounting of his class' discussions are playful and profound. When some of Manheimer's younger students take part in the class' philosphical search, an interesting fusion of generations and ideas occurs. Manheimer, his students and the reader all come closer to understanding that becoming a self is to become a citizen of the world of interconnected ideas and beliefs. In these tales which explore answers to life's Big Questions, Manheimer reinvigorates the ancient tradition of using storytelling to explore truth. Showing how ideas and lives can illuminate one another, his engaging narratives address these questions while providing an inviting exploration of the ideas of thinkers from Plato and Aristotle to Kierkegaard, John Stuart Mill and Martin Buber.
Manheimer, Ronald J.: - Ronald J. Manheimer holds a PhD from the History of Consciousness interdisciplinary graduate program of the University of California at Santa Cruz. His dissertation, Kierkegaard and the Education of Historical Consciousness, led to his first book, Kierkegaard As Educator (University of California Press, 1977). In 2003, an award-winning Korean translation of this book appeared with a new introduction by the author. Manheimer has taught at UC Santa Cruz, San Diego State University, The Evergreen State College (Olympia, Washington), Wayne State University (Detroit), the Smithsonian, and the University of North Carolina at Asheville, where until his retirement in 2009 he held a joint appointment as Research Associate Professor of Philosophy and executive director of the NC Center for Creative Retirement (now OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute). In his A Map to the End of Time: Wayfarings with Friends and Philosophers (Norton, 1999), Manheimer demonstrates the fruitfulness of combining dual interests in philosophy and narrative studies. This work has been translated into Chinese and Korean. His newest book, Mirrors of the Mind: Reflecting on Philosophers' Autobiographies (Jorvik Press, 2015) extends this pursuit by capturing transformative moments in the first-person narratives of renowned thinkers. Currently, Manheimer teaches philosophy courses at OLLI, conducts enrichment programs for elementary schoolchildren, chairs UNCA's Center for Jewish Studies steering committee, is Chair Elect of the BJH Foundation, serves on the editorial board of two academic journals, and provides consulting for non-profit organizations.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393047257 |
| ISBN 10 | 0393047253 |
| Title | A Map to the End of Time |
| Author | Ronald Manheimer |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 1999-04-17 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
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