Egocentricity and Mysticism : : An Anthropological Study /

Egocentricity and Mysticism : : An Anthropological Study / / Ernst Tugendhat.

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In Egocentricity and Mysticism, Ernst Tugendhat casts mysticism as an innate facet of what it means to be human-a response to an existential need for peace of mind. This need is created by our discursive practices, which serve to differentiate us from one another and privilege our respective first-p...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
VerfasserIn:
Tugendhat, Ernst,
TeilnehmendeR:
Procyshyn, Alexei.
Wenning, Mario.
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2018]
©2016
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • TRANSLATORS' INTRODUCTION
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PART I. RELATING TO ONESELF
  • 1. Propositional Language and Saying "I"
  • 2. "Good" and "Important"
  • 3. Saying "I" in Practical Contexts: Self-Mobilization and Responsibility
  • 4. Adverbial, Prudential, and Moral Good; Intellectual Honesty
  • 5. Relating to Life and Death
  • PART II. STEPPING BACK FROM ONESELF
  • 6. Religion and Mysticism
  • 7. Wonder
  • Addendum: On Historical and Nonhistorical Inquiry
  • NOTES
  • INDEX

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