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On time, being, and hunger : challenging the traditional way of thinking life / Juan-Manuel Garrido.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Garrido, Juan Manuel.
- Series:
- Forms of living.
- Forms of living
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hunger.
- Life.
- Metaphysics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (149 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Fordham University Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The traditional way of understanding life, as a self-appropriating and self-organizing process of not ceasing to exist, of taking care of oneGs own hunger, is challenged by todayGs unprecedented proliferation of discourses and techniques concerning the living being. This challenge entails questioning the fundamental concepts of metaphysical thinking, namely, time, finality, and, above all, being. Garrido argues that today we are in a position to repeat NietzscheGs assertion that there is no other representation of GbeingG than that of Gliving.G But in order to carry out this deconstruction of
- Contents:
- Cover ; Contents ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; Bibliography ; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8232-3939-X
- 0-8232-4947-6
- OCLC:
- 787845991
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