Mindfulness and letting be : on engaged thinking and acting / Fred Dallmayr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dallmayr, Fred R. (Fred Reinhard), 1928-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Modern--20th century.

Philosophy, Modern.

Philosophy, Modern--21st century.

Cosmopolitanism.

Thought and thinking.

Attention.

Action theory.

Physical Description:

ix, 143 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2014]

Summary:

Mindfulness and Letting Be: On Engaged Thinking and Acting is a protest against the extreme mindlessness or thoughtlessness of our age, a malaise covered by manipulative cleverness and by minds filled to the brim with opinions, doctrines, marching orders, and ideologies. Rather than concentrating on a self-contained "mind," Fred Dallmayr pleads for an act of "minding" about oneself, one's fellow beings, society, and the world. What is required for such mindfulness is not a predatory reason, but a kind of reticence, or "mind-fasting," as preparation for a genuine attentiveness able to "let be" without aloofness or indifference. Dallmayr explores the benefits of such mindfulness in the fields of philosophy, theory, practical conduct, language use, art, historical understanding, and cosmopolitanism, and the insights that arise will be of benefit to students and scholars of continental, social, and political philosophy. Book jacket.

Contents:

Mindfulness and mind-fasting

Mindful thinking: the future of theory

Mindful praxis: beyond action theory

Thinking at the edge of thought: nothingness, non-being, emptiness

Mindfulness and language: but only speak the word

Mindfulness and art: naturing nature

Mindfulness and history: the future of the past

Mindfulness and cosmopolis: why cross-cultural studies now?

Robots and gestell: are humans becoming superfluous?

Orthopraxis: for an apophatic humanism

Theocracy as temptation: empire and mindfulness.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780739199862

0739199862

OCLC:

883304962