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Heidegger, Work, and Being

Heidegger, Work, and Being

Hardcover

Series: Continuum Studies in Continental Philosophy, Book 78

Philosophy

ISBN10: 1847063721
ISBN13: 9781847063724
Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
Published: Nov 1 2009
Pages: 188
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.20
Language: English

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?

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