Die 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 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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englischThis volume offers a fascinating journey through different regions of the history of ideas, ranging from the 18th to the 20th century, and brings together international contributions in English, French and German. With 21 articles ranging from the (German and Scottish) Enlightenment to G. W. [...]
more informationenglischThe volume Beiträge zur Phänomenologie des Rechts (Contributions to the Phenomenology of Law) brings together contributions that open up access to fundamental themes and areas of Jan Schapp's life's work. The authors take up jurisprudential, legal-philosophical, historical-philosophical and [...]
more informationenglischThe volume Beiträge zur Phänomenologie des Rechts (Contributions to the Phenomenology of Law) brings together contributions that open up access to fundamental themes and areas of Jan Schapp's life's work. The authors take up jurisprudential, legal-philosophical, historical-philosophical and [...]
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 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 informationenglischThe correspondence between the phenomenologist Ludwig Klages (1872–1956) and the Jewish neurologist and psychoanalyst Friedrich S. Rothschild (1899–1995) spanned the Weimar Republic, the Nazi era and the 1950s and relates to a field in which the natural sciences, neurology and the humanities [...]
more informationenglischThe correspondence between the phenomenologist Ludwig Klages (1872–1956) and the Jewish neurologist and psychoanalyst Friedrich S. Rothschild (1899–1995) spanned the Weimar Republic, the Nazi era and the 1950s and relates to a field in which the natural sciences, neurology and the humanities [...]
more informationenglischThe concept of crisis is ancient, but its global and technological dimension is novel. Understanding these manifestations is vital for the contemporary world, and this book contributes to facing this challenge by drawing on diverse phenomenological perspectives.
Hernán Inverso is Marie [...]
more informationenglischThe concept of crisis is ancient, but its global and technological dimension is novel. Understanding these manifestations is vital for the contemporary world, and this book contributes to facing this challenge by drawing on diverse phenomenological perspectives.
Hernán Inverso is Marie [...]
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 [...]
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 informationIn dieser Analyse, die das Denken von Meister Eckhart und Michel Henry berücksichtigt, wird Gott als originäre Lebenswirklichkeit verstanden. Radikal phänomenologisch bedeutet dies die Selbsthervorbringung des ur-anfänglichen Lebens in einer „Sohnschaft“, welche die Empfängnis des absoluten Lebens [...]
more informationenglischUsing the phenomenological methods of the founder, E. Husserl, and phenomenology’s most influential reformer, M. Heidegger, the first part of the book develops a new interpretation of the birth of philosophy: It was the centre of a comprehensive intellectual awakening among the ancient [...]
more informationenglischUsing the phenomenological methods of the founder, E. Husserl, and phenomenology’s most influential reformer, M. Heidegger, the first part of the book develops a new interpretation of the birth of philosophy: It was the centre of a comprehensive intellectual awakening among the ancient [...]
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 question of who or what man is, is posed here with a view to the how: How are we there, how does human existence emerge and unfold in reference and encounter? How are there telos and archè, goal and reason in life? With Heidegger's relational ontology, the peculiarity of being proves to [...]
more informationenglischThe volume offers the first systematic discussion of Husserl’s Cartesian Meditations. Beginning with a commentary on the text of the five Meditations, the essays published here examine and clarify some of the most important concepts of Husserl’s philosophy: intentionality, synthesis, [...]
more informationenglischThe volume offers the first systematic discussion of Husserl’s Cartesian Meditations. Beginning with a commentary on the text of the five Meditations, the essays published here examine and clarify some of the most important concepts of Husserl’s philosophy: intentionality, synthesis, [...]
more informationenglischThe importance of Husserl’s phenomenology for philosophy and science remains undisputed. The undoubtedly far-reaching and profound history of impact is due to he fact that the potential of phenomenological reflektion was not exhausted with Husserl’s transcendental philosophising. This is [...]
more informationenglischThe importance of Husserl’s phenomenology for philosophy and science remains undisputed. The undoubtedly far-reaching and profound history of impact is due to he fact that the potential of phenomenological reflektion was not exhausted with Husserl’s transcendental philosophising. This is [...]
more informationenglischThis book aims at developing a differential understanding of the figure of the earth (Kūn) in the Yi Jing (Book of Changes) in critical contrast to the traditional interpretation of this sign. Its approach to Kūn is facilitated by a transversal reading, i.e. comparative use of [...]
more informationenglischThis book aims at developing a differential understanding of the figure of the earth (Kūn) in the Yi Jing (Book of Changes) in critical contrast to the traditional interpretation of this sign. Its approach to Kūn is facilitated by a transversal reading, i.e. comparative use of [...]
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 informationenglischPatočka's reflections on Europe are an after-thought in the true sense of the word: they sketch out an idea of Europe after its end - without being a lament about decay and decline. On the contrary, his sketches of the beginning and end of Europe, of its special role in history and as [...]
more informationenglischVolume 11 of Eugen Fink’s ‘Collected Works’ brings together Fink's contributions on ancient philosophy since the 1940s: three main texts—the lecture on the ‘Basic Questions of Ancient Philosophy’ (winter semester 1947/48), the seminar on the ‘Principle of Contradiction’ (winter semester [...]
more informationenglischVolume 11 of Eugen Fink’s ‘Collected Works’ brings together Fink's contributions on ancient philosophy since the 1940s: three main texts—the lecture on the ‘Basic Questions of Ancient Philosophy’ (winter semester 1947/48), the seminar on the ‘Principle of Contradiction’ (winter semester [...]
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 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 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 informationenglischTaking life as the occasion for meditation allows meditation itself to become pure life. Such practice is not bound to any theory but shows in an exemplary way that ultimately every action rests in an inner practice. This linguistic simplicity is intended to correspond to fundamental [...]
more informationenglischTaking life as the occasion for meditation allows meditation itself to become pure life. Such practice is not bound to any theory but shows in an exemplary way that ultimately every action rests in an inner practice. This linguistic simplicity is intended to correspond to fundamental [...]
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 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 informationWer dem religiösen Denken im Islam gerecht werden will, muss sich auf verflochtene Wege und Umwege der Denktraditionen begeben, dialogisch, kontrovers und dekonstruktiv. Denn der Islam zeigt sich als eine Verflechtung der Religion und Philosophie, des Glaubens und Denkens, des Monotheismus und [...]
more informationenglischThis study is intended to reveal new perspectives on the work of Ludwig Klages and, at the same time, to contribute to the prehistory of new phenomenology as one of the most important movements in contemporary philosophy. The book relates the basic problems of Klages’ philosophy to [...]
more informationenglischThis study is intended to reveal new perspectives on the work of Ludwig Klages and, at the same time, to contribute to the prehistory of new phenomenology as one of the most important movements in contemporary philosophy. The book relates the basic problems of Klages’ philosophy to [...]
more informationDer Band widmet sich dem Verhältnis von Melancholie und Empathie aus interdisziplinärer Perspektive. Er ist inspiriert von Georgi Gospodinovs Roman »Physik der Schwermut«, dessen Protagonist in der (post)modernen bulgarischen Gesellschaft eine tiefe Deprimiertheit und zugleich Mitgefühl mit [...]
more informationAm Beispiel der gegenwärtigen Debatte um die Synthetische Biologie und anhand metapherntheoretischer Überlegungen im Anschluss an Black, Ricœur und Blumenberg soll die Frage „Was ist Leben?“ als ein konkretes Beispiel eines hermeneutischen „Streits um die Wahrheit“, der in und mit Metaphern geführt [...]
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 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 [...]
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