Kyoto in Davos : : intercultural readings of the Cassirer-Heidegger Debate / / edited by Tobias Endres, Ralf Müller, Domenico Schneider.
"What does it mean to be human? We invite the reader to discuss this most fundamental issue in philosophy and to do so in an intercultural framework. The question of the human was the starting point for a legendary discussion between two German philosophers who met in Davos in 1929. We return t...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden : : BRILL,, 2023. |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studien Zur Interkulturellen Philosophie / Studies in Intercultural Philosophy / Études de Philosophie Interculturelle Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 541 pages). |
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| Summary: | "What does it mean to be human? We invite the reader to discuss this most fundamental issue in philosophy and to do so in an intercultural framework. The question of the human was the starting point for a legendary discussion between two German philosophers who met in Davos in 1929. We return to this historical event and re-imagine the debate between Martin Heidegger and Ernst Cassirer from a global perspective. Generating twenty papers from elaborate discussions, our authors contribute to the thought experiment by inviting the Japanese philosopher Nishida Kitaro¯ from Kyoto and other Japanese thinkers into the debate to overcome the challenge of Eurocentrism inherent to these historic days in Davos"-- |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9004680179 |
| ISSN: | 0928-141X ; |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | edited by Tobias Endres, Ralf Müller, Domenico Schneider. |