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Rethinking the Western Understanding of the Self.

Ulrich Steinvorth offers a fresh analysis and critique of rationality as a defining element in Western thinking.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Steinvorth, Ulrich
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Part I Introduction; Chapter 1 The West and the Self; Part II Basics of Philosophical Psychology; Chapter 2 Heideggerian and Cartesian Self; Chapter 3 Free Will; Chapter 4 Cartesian, Lockean, and Kantian Self; Chapter 5 Extraordinariness and the Two Stages of Rationality; Part III The Cartesian Self in History; Chapter 6 The Cause and Content of Modernity; Chapter 7 The Second-Stage Rationality in History; Chapter 8 Economic Rationality; Chapter 9 The Cartesian Self in the Twentieth Century; Part IV Value Spheres.
  • Chapter 10 A First Diagnosis and Therapy for ModernityChapter 11 Value Spheres Defined and the State; Chapter 12 The Serving Spheres; Chapter 13 Technology; Chapter 14 Utilitarian or Cartesian Approach; Chapter 15 The Media and the Professions; Chapter 16 Science; Chapter 17 Art and Religion; Chapter 18 Sport; Chapter 19 Latin and Absolute Love; Part V A Self-Understanding Not Only for the West; Chapter 20 Is the Core Idea of Modernity Realizable.