Heidegger on Being Uncanny / / Katherine Withy.
There are bizarre moments when we feel like strangers to ourselves. Through an investigation of Heidegger’s concept of uncanniness, Katherine Withy explores what such experiences reveal. She shows that we can be what we are only if we do not fully understand what it is to be us, and points toward wh...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2015] ©2015 |
Year of Publication: | 2015 |
Edition: | Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (270 p.) :; 11 line illustrations, 2 tables |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Feeling Uncanny -- 2 Feeling Our Being Uncanny -- 3 Being Uncanny -- 4 Being the Uncanny Entity -- 5 The Question of the Uncanny -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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Summary: | There are bizarre moments when we feel like strangers to ourselves. Through an investigation of Heidegger’s concept of uncanniness, Katherine Withy explores what such experiences reveal. She shows that we can be what we are only if we do not fully understand what it is to be us, and points toward what it is to live well as an uncanny human being. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780674286771 9783110665901 |
DOI: | 10.4159/9780674286771 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Katherine Withy. |