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Justifying our existence : an essay in applied phenomenology /

Justifying Our Existence examines the ways in which human beings attempt to calm their existential concerns by magnifying and proving their existence through phenomena such as self-righteousness, careerism, nationalism, and religion.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nicholson, Graeme
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2009
Colección:New studies in phenomenology and hermeneutics (Toronto, Ont.)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • Life, Existence, Being
  • Phenomenology
  • How Our Being Concerns Us
  • 2. Ability to Be
  • Existence
  • Die Sorge: Care, Concern
  • Phenomenology of Da-sein: the Self
  • Phenomenology of Existence: Ecstasis
  • Being as the Ability to Be
  • 'Letter on Humanism'
  • Excursus: 'Exist' in the Philosophical Tradition
  • Transition: Formalism and Application
  • 3. Magnifying the Self
  • Phenomenology and Hermeneutics
  • Meaning of Success
  • Failure
  • Achievement
  • Magnifying the Self and Magnifying its Being
  • 4. Justifying the Self
  • Morality
  • Concept of Justification
  • Inauthenticity
  • Phenomenology of Inauthenticity
  • Shame and Remorse
  • Conscience and Guilt
  • Ascetic Autonomy
  • 5. Magnifying the Community
  • Existence and Community
  • Magnifying the Polis
  • Nation: Magnitude through justification
  • Militant Religion
  • 6. Justifying the Community
  • Caring for the Polis
  • Existence and History
  • Nation and Civilization
  • 7. Spiritual Existence
  • What Is Spirit?
  • Existing Spirit
  • Phenomenology of Spirit: Intensity
  • Problem of Grounding
  • God and the Self
  • Forgiveness and Justification
  • Spiritual Community
  • 8. Conclusion
  • Heidegger's Question Concerning the Meaning of Being.