This title provides a novel interpretation of the Aristotelian understanding of work in light of the philosophy of Martin Heidegger. 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. "Continuum Studies in Continental Philosophy" presents cutting-edge scholarship in the field of modern European thought. The wholly original arguments, perspectives and research findings in titles in this series make it an important and stimulating resource for students and academics from across the discipline.
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Interprets the Aristotelian understanding of work in light of the philosophy of Martin Heidegger. This book elucidates Heidegger's philosophy of work, providing an interpretation of the Aristotelian understanding of work in relation to Heidegger's ontology and notion of thanking.
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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.
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"The modern understanding of work, suggests Mei, incorrectly reduces its meaning to mere necessity and utility for the purposes of maintaining life. He seeks to expand the meaning of work by conducting a hermeneutical analysis informed by the works of Martin Heidegger and Paul Ricoeur. Heidegger's hermeneutics are deployed in conjunction with Ricoeur's theory of metaphor to both critique the historical and intellectual foundations of the modern conception of work and to articulate the nature of work as a manner of giving thanks to being. In this understanding, work not only responds to necessity, but transforms it according to a metaphorical capacity to project greater meaning to work beyond the fulfillment of necessity." -Eithne O'Leyne, BOOK NEWS, Inc.
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This title provides a novel interpretation of the Aristotelian understanding of work in light of the philosophy of Martin Heidegger.
Includes a comprehensive history of the thinking on human work and presents a highly original system for the contemporary understanding of work.
Now Bloomsbury Studies in Continental Philosophy; for up-to-date details of titles published after September 2012 and for a series description click here.
Continuum Studies in Continental Philosophy presents cutting-edge scholarship in the field of modern European thought. The wholly original arguments, perspectives and research findings in titles in this series make it an important and stimulating resource for students and academics from across the discipline.
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ISBN
9781847063724
Publisert
2009-09-01
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Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
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234 mm
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156 mm
Aldersnivå
UP, 05
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Engelsk
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Antall sider
188
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