Justifying our existence : an essay in applied phenomenology / / Graeme Nicholson

• Autore: Nicholson Graeme
• Pubblicazione: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2009; ©2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (202 p.)
• Disciplina: 111
• Soggetto topico: Ontology; Phenomenology
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Justifying our existence
• ISBN: 1-4426-9329-0; 1-4426-8842-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781113103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: New studies in phenomenology and hermeneutics (Toronto, Ont.)