Self-identity and powerlessness [electronic resource] / by Alice Koubova.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Koubová, Alice.

Series:

Studies in Contemporary Phenomenology 8.

Studies in contemporary phenomenology, 1875-2470 ; v. 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy--Criticism and interpretation.

Philosophy.

Phenomenology.

Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976.

Heidegger, Martin.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (251 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boston : Brill, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 moments of Dasein’s powerlessness in Heidegger’s fundamental ontology, she develops — in her analysis of various philosophers, literary examples, and social psychology —an original phenomenology of alternation of existence and affair. How necessary is identity for thinking? Are we capable of philosophical thought even when we have neither ourselves, nor the world under our full control? Is it possible to relax, become powerless, and yet think precisely? These questions are to be answered in this book.

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-25500-1

OCLC:

851316168

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004255005 DOI