englischMusic can lead us to intense, profound experiences that transform our self-perception and our view of life and the world around us. Readers are given an overview of theories to explain this astonishing phenomenon, ranging from ancient to current philosophical approaches and a comparative [...]
more informationenglischMusic can lead us to intense, profound experiences that transform our self-perception and our view of life and the world around us. Readers are given an overview of theories to explain this astonishing phenomenon, ranging from ancient to current philosophical approaches and a comparative [...]
more informationenglischThe aesthetic concept of atmosphere places human sensitivities under various natural and cultural conditions in the foreground of aesthetic consideration. As the first monograph to integrate an intercultural perspective into this field, “Atmosphären-Ästhetik: Die Verflochtenheit von Natur, [...]
more informationenglischThe aesthetic concept of atmosphere places human sensitivities under various natural and cultural conditions in the foreground of aesthetic consideration. As the first monograph to integrate an intercultural perspective into this field, “Atmosphären-Ästhetik: Die Verflochtenheit von Natur, [...]
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englisch‘No human being lives without suffering, suffering is everywhere,’ says Euripides. And yet no one could say what suffering is exactly and what happens when we suffer. Therefore, it is worthwhile to pursue the ‘inner life’ of suffering and uncover its basic structure or basic dynamics, its [...]
more informationenglisch‘No human being lives without suffering, suffering is everywhere,’ says Euripides. And yet no one could say what suffering is exactly and what happens when we suffer. Therefore, it is worthwhile to pursue the ‘inner life’ of suffering and uncover its basic structure or basic dynamics, its [...]
more informationenglisch‘No human being lives without suffering, suffering is everywhere,’ says Euripides. And yet no one could say what suffering is exactly and what happens when we suffer. Therefore, it is worthwhile to pursue the ‘inner life’ of suffering and uncover its basic structure or basic dynamics, its [...]
more informationenglisch‘No human being lives without suffering, suffering is everywhere,’ says Euripides. And yet no one could say what suffering is exactly and what happens when we suffer. Therefore, it is worthwhile to pursue the ‘inner life’ of suffering and uncover its basic structure or basic dynamics, its [...]
more informationenglisch‘No human being lives without suffering, suffering is everywhere,’ says Euripides. And yet no one could say what suffering is exactly and what happens when we suffer. Therefore, it is worthwhile to pursue the ‘inner life’ of suffering and uncover its basic structure or basic dynamics, its [...]
more informationenglisch‘No human being lives without suffering, suffering is everywhere,’ says Euripides. And yet no one could say what suffering is exactly and what happens when we suffer. Therefore, it is worthwhile to pursue the ‘inner life’ of suffering and uncover its basic structure or basic dynamics, its [...]
more informationenglischThe third and fourth volumes of the ‘Phenomenological Workshop’ disclose in detail the entire mass of notes, drafts for seminars and outlines for research manuscripts that Eugen Fink left behind as a unique phenomenological legacy. They are all part of his early work, written in the years [...]
more informationenglischThe third and fourth volumes of the ‘Phenomenological Workshop’ disclose in detail the entire mass of notes, drafts for seminars and outlines for research manuscripts that Eugen Fink left behind as a unique phenomenological legacy. They are all part of his early work, written in the years [...]
more informationenglischThe fourth volume of the ‘Phenomenological Workshop’ is the first publication to establish the link between Eugen Fink’s early phenomenological writings and the works he published after the war. Of particular philosophical interest are his drafts on ‘Ontological Experience’ (1939). Together [...]
more informationenglischThe third volume of the ‘Phenomenological Workshop’ reveals the full extent of the phenomenological writings of Eugen Fink as an assistant to Edmund Husserl in the years following the completion of the ‘Sixth Cartesian Meditation’ (1932–1938). Moreover, the unpublished notes and drafts that [...]
more informationenglischThe third volume of the ‘Phenomenological Workshop’ reveals the full extent of the phenomenological writings of Eugen Fink as an assistant to Edmund Husserl in the years following the completion of the ‘Sixth Cartesian Meditation’ (1932–1938). Moreover, the unpublished notes and drafts that [...]
more informationenglischTouch is important. As we have learned all too well during the recent period of pandemic-induced ‘social distancing’, people need to touch and be touched. But what is the phenomenon we call ‘touch’ in all its depth of meaning?
Touch is not simply physical and instrumental; it is closely [...]
more informationenglischTouch is important. As we have learned all too well during the recent period of pandemic-induced ‘social distancing’, people need to touch and be touched. But what is the phenomenon we call ‘touch’ in all its depth of meaning?
Touch is not simply physical and instrumental; it is closely [...]
more informationenglischThis book examines the relationship between personhood and vulnerability in dementia from a phenomenological–anthropological research perspective. The disease poses existential challenges to patients affected by it and their social environment in private, nursing and medical settings. [...]
more informationenglischThis book examines the relationship between personhood and vulnerability in dementia from a phenomenological–anthropological research perspective. The disease poses existential challenges to patients affected by it and their social environment in private, nursing and medical settings. [...]
more informationDieses Buch beschreibt die Geschichte der Methodik der Textinterpretation von der Antike bis zum 20. Jahrhundert und ist leistet gleichzeitig einen innovativen Beitrag zum besseren Verständnis des Verhältnisses von russischer Geistesgeschichte, früher Phänomenologie und analytischer [...]
more informationenglischThe common topic of the nine essays in this book is the phenomenological dialogue involving Kant and his ‘invention of autonomy’. Is there any relevance left to the Kantian notion of autonomy after the intensive development of ethical and phenomenological thought, stressing the importance of [...]
more informationenglischThe common topic of the nine essays in this book is the phenomenological dialogue involving Kant and his ‘invention of autonomy’. Is there any relevance left to the Kantian notion of autonomy after the intensive development of ethical and phenomenological thought, stressing the importance of [...]
more informationenglischMan is the only living being who is able to relate to the whole and the limits of his existence. In philosophising, he faces the question of the reasons why this is possible. This leads us to a topos that links not only the question of truth and existence, but also the most diverse forms of [...]
more informationenglischMan is the only living being who is able to relate to the whole and the limits of his existence. In philosophising, he faces the question of the reasons why this is possible. This leads us to a topos that links not only the question of truth and existence, but also the most diverse forms of [...]
more informationEin Vierteljahrhundert der Suche eines Autors nach der verlorenen Zeit, unternommen in der Einsamkeit und Freiheit eigenständigen Denkens, um entgegen allen akademischen Modeströmungen zurückzufinden zu den Quellen lebendigen Philosophierens. Band II spürt die Vergangenheit, die niemals Gegenwart [...]
more informationenglischThe age-old dream of life leaving itself behind remains the great challenge of philosophy. For a long time, it has allowed itself to be led down the wrong path of a search that was supposed to show man a way out of time itself. The thought that the monumental two-part book "Wiedergeburt" [...]
more informationenglischThe interdisciplinary book ist explaining the application of a responsive phenomenology in relation to the categories of gift/donation and reciprocity in the context of the dialectics of idenity and alterity. The intention is the grounding foundations of a theory of philosophy of law, of [...]
more informationenglischThe interdisciplinary book ist explaining the application of a responsive phenomenology in relation to the categories of gift/donation and reciprocity in the context of the dialectics of idenity and alterity. The intention is the grounding foundations of a theory of philosophy of law, of [...]
more informationenglischIn our Western culture, we are almost constantly in communication. The permanent flood of sound in both public and private spaces testifies to our reluctance to embrace silence and what it expresses.
The pause that structures the flow of speech is something different from the eloquent or the [...]
more informationHermann Schmitz, Begründer der Neuen Phänomenologie und einer der produktivsten Philosophen unserer Zeit, kann mit über 90 Jahren auf ein umfangreiches Werk zurückblicken. Einige zentrale Themen wie die Leiblichkeit des Menschen und die Gefühle als Atmosphären erfreuen sich seit einigen Jahren einer [...]
more informationenglischBased on considerations by the anthropologically oriented psychiatrist Erwin Straus, this book explores the conditions which are present when people experience certain events as significant. In addition, it discusses in detail how personhood emerges in humans and to what extent this depends [...]
more informationenglischBased on considerations by the anthropologically oriented psychiatrist Erwin Straus, this book explores the conditions which are present when people experience certain events as significant. In addition, it discusses in detail how personhood emerges in humans and to what extent this depends [...]
more informationDie Demut wird gegenwärtig entweder als ein verstaubtes Erbe des Christentums wahrgenommen oder vermehrt als ein säkulares „Modewort“ verstanden, das als mahnender Aufruf für die Rückgewinnung eines verlorenen Maßes zum Einsatz kommt. Jonas Puchta unternimmt den Versuch, unter Berücksichtigung der [...]
more informationenglischThe strangeness of the Other is answered by an ontological model of serenity as resignativity.
Serenity means abdication of the self and its opening towards the Other. Because the difference of subjectivity and alterity shows up in subjectivity itself as a dialectic of giver and receiver, [...]
more informationenglischThe strangeness of the Other is answered by an ontological model of serenity as resignativity.
Serenity means abdication of the self and its opening towards the Other. Because the difference of subjectivity and alterity shows up in subjectivity itself as a dialectic of giver and receiver, [...]
more informationenglischWith increased digital communication, the question arises as to what the primary reality of human existence is. With the help of the ‘aura’ concept according to Walther Benjamin, authenticity in the sense of comprehensive realness can be determined. With recourse to the phenomenological [...]
more informationenglischWith increased digital communication, the question arises as to what the primary reality of human existence is. With the help of the ‘aura’ concept according to Walther Benjamin, authenticity in the sense of comprehensive realness can be determined. With recourse to the phenomenological [...]
more informationWas ist Leben? Im vorliegenden Sammelband wird der Akzent von dieser allgemeinen Frage nach dem Was auf die grundlegende nach dem Wie, nach der Entfaltung des menschlichen Lebens, verschoben. Dabei wird das Leben in seiner Bewegung verfolgt: als Leben, das auf Widerstand stößt, stetig transzendiert, [...]
more informationWas ist Europa im Unterschied zur EU? Manche glauben, diese Frage habe sich dadurch erledigt, dass Europa und die EU miteinander im »europäischen Projekt« verschmolzen seien. Doch die Frage, wie Europa als affektiver Raum verstanden werden kann, bleibt unberücksichtigt. Mit Hilfe der Neuen [...]
more informationenglischEurope is no longer able to recognize itself because it is looking into a mirror – the EU – that was built by itself, but which reflects a deformed image of itself. As a global player, the EU distorts its internal relationship with the economic policy distinction between winners and losers. [...]
more informationDieses Buch bildet den ersten Band einer phänomenologischen und philosophischen Analyse moderner Arbeit, ihrer Bedeutungs- und Orientierungsgeschichte. Die Untersuchung beginnt mit einer Strukturbeschreibung der industriellen Arbeitswelt. Das Tableau ihrer Eigenart und Problemlage bietet die Kulisse [...]
more information'Das Begräbnis des Philosophen' ist eine erzählerische Meditation über das letzte Jahr im Leben eines Philosophen, seine Zeit am Husserl-Archiv in Leuven, den Austausch mit Emmanuel Levinas, Maurice Merleau-Ponty oder Martin Heidegger, seinen eigenen Werdegang und Abschied. Wie die Philosophie nicht [...]
more informationenglischIn an age of complex crises and problems, the question arises if our approach to our life-world, and our way to be, does actually fit to our existence in the right measure. In this book, it will be shown that Martin Heidegger already thought about the relation of measure and being throughout [...]
more informationenglischIn an age of complex crises and problems, the question arises if our approach to our life-world, and our way to be, does actually fit to our existence in the right measure. In this book, it will be shown that Martin Heidegger already thought about the relation of measure and being throughout [...]
more informationenglischRicœur's philosophy can be understood in the context of the 20th century as a response to this particularly violent period. At its core is the conviction that a hermeneutically founded anthropology can make it possible to understand why there is an integral connection between existence and [...]
more informationenglischRicœur's philosophy can be understood in the context of the 20th century as a response to this particularly violent period. At its core is the conviction that a hermeneutically founded anthropology can make it possible to understand why there is an integral connection between existence and [...]
more informationenglischWhat does feeling mean? Does it differ depending on the linguistic cultures in which one grows up, and if so, to what extent? This book explores the different forms of sensation and feeling formation that can be observed within the word field ki (気). Ki is often translated into German with [...]
more informationenglischWhat does feeling mean? Does it differ depending on the linguistic cultures in which one grows up, and if so, to what extent? This book explores the different forms of sensation and feeling formation that can be observed within the word field ki (気). Ki is often translated into German with [...]
more informationenglischTo understand mysticism as pure desire is to grasp its criteriological character as the suspension of any fulfilment - including "God" - by an object. It is thus desire as immanently living self-desire, whereby not only the tradition of negative theology since the early days of Christianity [...]
more informationenglischTo understand mysticism as pure desire is to grasp its criteriological character as the suspension of any fulfilment - including "God" - by an object. It is thus desire as immanently living self-desire, whereby not only the tradition of negative theology since the early days of Christianity [...]
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