03538nam 2200697 450 991078111310332120230529051608.01-4426-9329-01-4426-8842-410.3138/9781442688421(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(MdBmJHUP)musev2_106060(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.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.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.New studies in phenomenology and hermeneutics (Toronto, Ont.)OntologyPhenomenologyOntology.Phenomenology.111Nicholson Graeme1485845MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781113103321Justifying our existence3855982UNINA