03205nam 2200685 450 991045681470332120200520144314.01-4426-8842-410.3138/9781442688421(CKB)2550000000019292(OCoLC)635461276(CaPaEBR)ebrary10382267(SSID)ssj0000478478(PQKBManifestationID)11304324(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000478478(PQKBWorkID)10419819(PQKB)10500696(CaPaEBR)430803(CaBNvSL)slc00224447(MiAaPQ)EBC3268479(MiAaPQ)EBC4672622(DE-B1597)465302(OCoLC)944176570(OCoLC)999354339(DE-B1597)9781442688421(Au-PeEL)EBL4672622(CaPaEBR)ebr11258279(EXLCZ)99255000000001929220160923h20092009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrJustifying our existence an essay in applied phenomenology /Graeme NicholsonToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,2009.©20091 online resource (202 p.) New Studies in Phenomenology and HermeneuticsIncludes index.0-8020-9620-4 0-8020-9929-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE ABILITY TO BE -- 3. MAGNIFYING THE SELF -- 4. JUSTIFYING THE SELF -- 5. MAGNIFYING THE COMMUNITY -- 6. JUSTIFYING THE COMMUNITY -- 7. A SPIRITUAL EXISTENCE -- 8. CONCLUSION -- Notes -- IndexIn his magnum opus Being in Time (1927), Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) argued that individuals have assumed that their existence is "a given," when in actual fact they simply have the ability to be. 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. Using remarkably accessible and concise writing, Graeme Nicholson provides a close reading of Heidegger's methods to indicate how his work has a practical application for existential concerns. Justifying Our Existence shows how phenomenology can be used to foreground existence, while also providing startling insights into human behaviour, the motivation behind many of our social systems, as well as one of the twentieth century's most important philosophers.New studies in phenomenology and hermeneutics (Toronto, Ont.)OntologyPhenomenologyElectronic books.Ontology.Phenomenology.111Nicholson Graeme896935MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456814703321Justifying our existence2004156UNINA