Plessner's Philosophical Anthropology : Perspectives and Prospects /

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The work of the German philosopher Helmuth Plessner (1892-1985) inspired generations of scholars and has been enjoying a recent renaissance. This volume offers the first substantial English-language introduction to Plessner's philosophical anthropology, contextualising it by comparison with the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Mul, Jos de, 1956- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Plessner, Helmuth, > 1892-1985.
Plessner, Helmuth, > 1892-1985 > Stufen des Organischen und der Mensch > Congresses.
Philosophical anthropology.
Biology > Philosophy.
Philosophy / History & Surveys / Modern.
Western philosophy, from c 1900.
Philosophy.
Humanities.
History of Western philosophy.
Biologie > Philosophie > Congres.
Anthropologie philosophique > Congres.
Biology > Philosophy > Congresses.
Philosophical anthropology > Congresses.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Philosophical Anthropology
  • 2. The Nascence of Modern Man
  • 3. "True" and "False" Evolutionism
  • 4. Life, Concept and Subject
  • 5. Bodily Experience and Experiencing One's Body
  • 6. Plessner and the Mathematical-Physical Perspective
  • 7. The Body Exploited
  • 8. Plessner's Theory of Eccentricity
  • 9. The Duty of Personal Identity
  • 10. Anthropology as a Foundation of Cultural Philosophy
  • 11. Bi-Directional Boundaries
  • 12. The Unbearable Freedom of Dwelling
  • 13. Eccentric Positionality and Urban Space
  • 14. Strangely Familiar
  • 15. De-Masking as a Characteristic of Social Work?
  • 16. Helmuth Plessner as a Social Theorist
  • 17. Habermas's New Turn towards Plessner's Philosophical Anthropology
  • 18. The Quest for the Sources of the Self, Seen from the Vantage Point of Plessner's Material a Priori
  • 19. The Brain in the Vat as the Epistemic Object of Neurobiology
  • 20. Switching "On," Switching "Off"
  • 21. On Humor and "Laughing" Rats
  • 22. A Moral Bubble
  • 23. Eccentric Positionality as a Precondition for the Criminal Liability Of Artificial Life Forms
  • 24. Not Terminated
  • 25. Plessner and Technology
  • 26. Philosophical Anthropology 2.0
  • About the Authors
  • Name Index
  • Subject Index.

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