From conventionalism to social authenticity : Heidegger's anyone and contemporary social theory / Hans Bernhard Schmid, Gerhard Thonhauser, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schmid, Hans Bernhard, editor.

Thonhauser, Gerhard, 1984- editor.

Series:

Studies in the philosophy of sociality ; 2542-9094 v. 10.

Studies in the philosophy of sociality, 2542-9094 ; 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Philosophy.

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

vi, 278 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2017]

Summary:

This edited volume offers a new approach to understanding social conventions by way of Martin Heidegger. It connects the philosopher's conceptions of the anyone, everydayness, and authenticity with an analysis and critique of social normativity. Heidegger's account of the anyone is ambiguous. Some see it as a good description of human sociality, others think of it as an important critique of modern mass society. This volume seeks to understand this ambiguity as reflecting the tension between the constitutive function of conventions for human action and the critical aspects of conformism. It argues that Heidegger's anyone should neither be reduced to its pejorative nor its constitutive dimension. Rather, the concept could show how power and norms function. This volume would be of interest to scholars and students of philosophy and the social sciences who wish to investigate the social applications of the works of Martin Heidegger.

Contents:

Introduction / Gerhard Thonhauser

Part I. Interpreting the anyone

Who is the self of everyday existence? / Mark A. Wrathall

Das Man and everydayness: a new interpretation / Charlotte Knowles

Heidegger's underdeveloped conception of the undistinguishedness (Indifferenz) of everyday human existence / Jo-Jo Koo

Unobtrusive governance: Heidegger and Foucault on the sources of social normativity / Andreas Beinsteiner

Part II. Contextualizing the anyone

The historicality of das Man: Foucault on docility and optimality / Kevin Thompson

The danger of being ridden by a type: everydayness and authenticity in context - reading Heidegger with Hegel and Diderot / Dieter Thomä

Authenticity and plurality: from Heidegger's "anyone" to Arendt's "common sense" and back again / Ileana Borƫun

Ambivalence of power: Heidegger's das Man and Arendt's Acting in concert / Katrin Meyer

A groundless place to build: the ambivalence of production as a chance of action between Martin Heidegger and Hannah Arendt / Lucilla Guidi

Part III. Towards social authenticity

How to change das Man? / Christian Schmidt

Social authenticity: towards a Heideggerian Analysis of social change / Martin Weichold

Transforming the world: a Butlerian reading of Heidegger on social change? / Gerhard Thonhauser

Authentic role play: a political solution to an existential paradox / Hans Bernhard Schmid.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

3319568647

9783319568645

OCLC:

978594565