If this life is all there is, what should we do with it? Join Swedish philosopher Martin H-lund on an original inquiry into the deepest questions of existence, beginning with a radical declaration: ''What I do and what I love can matter to me only because I understand myself as mortal.''Through revelatory engagements with some of history''s greatest philosophers, including Aristotle, St Augustine, Nietzsche, Hegel and Marx, H-lund attacks our two great deceivers, religion and capitalism. Only by stripping away their subtle illusions can we discover the true value of our earthly freedom.Existence is revealed as a collective project: everything is at stake in what we do together, and no victory can survive us. ''The light of bliss - even when it floods your life - is always attended by the shadow of loss.'' By illuminating this truth, This Life forges an existential philosophy fit for a darkening century.
