03128nam 2200637 a 450 991082475280332120240417042637.01-4619-2138-41-4384-4551-2(CKB)2550000001041709(EBL)3408707(SSID)ssj0000835867(PQKBManifestationID)11461955(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000835867(PQKBWorkID)10997206(PQKB)11524029(MiAaPQ)EBC3408707(OCoLC)831625489(MdBmJHUP)muse26148(Au-PeEL)EBL3408707(CaPaEBR)ebr10661858(DE-B1597)683273(DE-B1597)9781438445519(EXLCZ)99255000000104170920120404d2013 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOntological humility Lord Voldemort and the philosophers /Nancy J. Holland1st ed.Albany State University of New York Pressc20131 online resource (165 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4384-4549-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Ontological Humility: Lord Voldemort and the Philosophers""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Prologue: Defining Ontological Humility""; ""Chapter One: Epistemological Humility and Its Other""; ""Chapter Two: Ontological Humility in Heidegger""; ""Chapter Three: Existential Humility and Its Other""; ""Chapter Four: Postmodern Humility and Its Other""; ""Chapter Five: Feminist Humility""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""Neither self-effacing modesty nor religious meekness, ontological humility is a moral and philosophical attitude toward transcendence—the unknown and unknowable background of existence—and a recognition and awareness of the contingency and chance that influence the course of our lives. It is a concept that Nancy J. Holland finds both throughout the history of philosophy and across the volumes of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. Tracing it through the philosophical thought of figures ranging from Descartes, Hume, and Kant to Heidegger, Beauvoir, Merleau-Ponty, and Derrida, Holland uses the Harry Potter saga as a guide to illustrate the concept, revealing a whole set of ethical imperatives. Connecting the concept to contemporary gender and race theory, she demonstrates its implications both for our understanding of the philosophical tradition and for the way we live our own lives.HumilityKnowledge, Theory ofOntologyPostmodernismHumility.Knowledge, Theory of.Ontology.Postmodernism.121Holland Nancy J(Nancy Jean)908356MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824752803321Ontological humility4114715UNINA