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Heidegger, Work, and Being

By Mei, Todd S.

Heidegger, Work, and Being

By Mei, Todd S.

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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.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
188
Release Date:
2011-10-27
Publication Date:
2011-10-27
Publisher:
Continnuum-3PL
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
144115647X
ISBN13:
9781441156471
Weight:
295 g
Height:
156 cm
Width:
234 cm
Thickness:
10 cm
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