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Autore |
Nicholson Graeme |
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Titolo |
Justifying our existence : an essay in applied phenomenology / / Graeme Nicholson |
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2009 |
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©2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-4426-9329-0 |
1-4426-8842-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (202 p.) |
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Collana |
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New Studies in Phenomenology and Hermeneutics |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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