Self-Identity and powerlessness.

Self-Identity and powerlessness.

In Self-Identity and Powerlessness , Alice Koubová proposes a conception of human existence that does not essentially depend on the definition of self-identity. The author shows that the philosophical stress on human identity fails to grasp essential aspects of human existence. By emphasizing the mo...

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Main Author: Koubová, Alice.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden : BRILL, 2013.

Series: Studies in Contemporary Phenomenology 8.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2014, ISBN: 9789004262492.

Subjects:

Heidegger, Martin, > 1889-1976.
Identity (Philosophical concept)
Phenomenology.
Self.
Self (Philosophy)
Power (Philosophy)

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Call Number: BD236 .K68 2013

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Principle of Identity in Heidegger's Descartes
  • 2. The Impossibility of a Powerless Da-sein and a Powerful World in Fundamental Ontology
  • 3. Paul Ricoeur: Third Mode through Narrativity
  • 4. The Powerlessness of Self-Relating and the Power of the World: Exemplification
  • 5. Happy Powerlessness, Relaxed Da-sein
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Subjects
  • Index of Modern Authors.