Heidegger, work, and being Todd S. Mei.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mei, Todd S., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976.

Heidegger, Martin.

Work--Philosophy.

Work.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 177 pages)

Place of Publication:

London New York Continuum 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In a world of changing work patterns and the global displacement of working lifestyles, the nature of human identity and work is put under great strain. Modern conceptions of work have been restricted to issues of utility and necessity, where aims and purposes of work are reducible to the satisfaction of immediate technical and economic needs. Left unaddressed is the larger narrative context in which humans naturally seek to understand a human contribution to and responsibility for themselves, others and being as a whole. What role does human work play in the development of the world itself? Is it merely a functional activity or does it have a metaphysical and ontological calling? Heidegger, Work, and Being elucidates Heidegger's philosophy of work, providing a novel interpretation of the Aristotelian understanding of work in relation to Heidegger's ontology and notion of thanking. Todd S. Mei employs Heidegger's hermeneutical approach to a critique and reconstruction of an understanding of work to show that work, at its core, is an activity centred on thanking and mutual recognition

Contents:

Marx and the philosophy of work

The metaphysical foundations of utility

The Aristotelian activities and work

Work as metaphorical

Use and appropriateness

Work, recognition, and thanking

Vocation : unity in differentiation

1. Introduction

Part I: Deconstruction

2. Marx and the Philosophy of Work

3. The Metaphysical Foundations of Utility

Part II: Reconstruction

4. The Aristotelian Activities and Work

5. Work as Metaphorical

Part III: Reinterpretation

6. Use and Appropriateness

7. Work, Recognition and Thanking

8. Vocation: Unity in Differentiation

9. Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages [149]-167) and index

ISBN:

9781472546838

1472546830

OCLC:

944224829