Being and Becoming: Essays and Aphorisms on Post-Industrial Existentialism

About the Book

Being & Becoming is a work of philosophy on consciousness, knowledge, truth, suffering, and the conditions of human existence in the post-industrial age. Drawing upon the epistemological and metaphysical insights of Kant, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, and others, it examines the foundations of modern thought while confronting the assumptions that underlie contemporary materialism and the prevailing understanding of the self.

Through a collection of essays and aphorisms, Abdullah Ali Khan explores the limits of subjective experience, the struggle between the individual and the crowd, and the enduring search for meaning in the modern world. Bridging empirical science with metaphysical inquiry, the text presents a stark analysis of the underlying friction between perceived reality and the absolute.

About the Author

Abdullah Ali Khan is a writer from Pakistan, and Being and Becoming is his third book, following Metamorphosis (2021) and Becoming Nothing (2023). He can be found on Instagram at @brownguyrhymes.