Self-identity and powerlessness / by Alice Koubova.

In Self-Identity and Powerlessness , Alice Koubová proposes a conception of human existence that does not essentially depend on the definition of self-identity. The author shows that the philosophical stress on human identity fails to grasp essential aspects of human existence. By emphasizing the mo...

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Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:Studies in Contemporary Phenomenology 8.
Physical Description:1 online resource (251 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Principle of Identity in Heidegger’s Descartes
  • 2. The Impossibility of a Powerless Da-sein and a Powerful World in Fundamental Ontology
  • 3. Paul Ricoeur: Third Mode through Narrativity
  • 4. The Powerlessness of Self-Relating and the Power of the World: Exemplification
  • 5. Happy Powerlessness, Relaxed Da-sein
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Subjects
  • Index of Modern Authors.