Hans Jonas, a pupil of Heidegger and a colleague of Hannah Arendt
at the New School for Social Research, was one of the most
prominent phenomenologists of his generation. This carefully chosen
anthology of Jonas's shorter writings - on topics from Jewish
philosophy to philosophy of religion to philosophy of biology and
social philosophy - reveals their range without obscuring their
central unifying thread: that as living, biological beings, we are
also beings who die, and who must consider the implications for
current and future ethical and social relations. Grounded in
Jonas's belief in the inseparability of ethics and metaphysics -
the reality of values at the centre of being - and shaped by his
experience as a Holocaust survivor, the deeply personal essays
""Mortality and morality"" arise from a Jewish thinker's attempt to
make sense of the Jewish experience in the twentieth century.
Lawrence Vogel's insightful introduction provides both historical
and philosophical contexts in which to understand the importance
and gravity of Jonas's thought.
General
Imprint: |
Northwestern University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy |
Release date: |
July 1996 |
First published: |
July 1996 |
Authors: |
Hans Jonas
|
Editors: |
Lawrence Vogel
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Dimensions: |
152 x 229 x 24mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
224 |
Edition: |
Revised and |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8101-1286-5 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-8101-1286-8 |
Barcode: |
9780810112865 |
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