Taking charge : on responsibility and personal identity / Manuel Cruz ; translated by Richard Jacques.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cruz, Manuel, 1951-

Standardized Title:

Hacerse cargo. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Responsibility--Political aspects.

Responsibility.

Physical Description:

xv, 123 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Continuum International Pub., [2011]

Summary:

In this translated work, Cruz (contemporary philosophy, U. of Barcelona, Spain) conducts what Italian philosopher Vattimo, in the foreword, calls an excellent example of an "ontology of the present," by which he means that, having rejected, in the Heideggerian sense, metaphysics, that is the study of being, now that being has been radically destabilized temporally and situationally, philosophy can only seek to understand the meaning of being at the present moment. Thus, Cruz reflects on the concepts of "responsibility" and "personal identity" for the present moment of being, while travelling across a wide range of connected subjects of the philosophy of the last two centuries in a sweeping manner that may prove difficult to the uninitiated reader. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Introduction

The problem that concerns us : responsibility and identity

Toward an innocent responsibility

Nostalgia for the horizon

An opportunity for a different identity (more on tolerance)

Epilogue : the insomniac's meditation.

Notes:

Translated from the Spanish.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781441147752

1441147756

9781441147394

144114739X

OCLC:

698332571