The Crisis of Meaning and the Life-World, 49: Husserl, Heidegger, Arendt, Patocka Contributor(s): Ucník, Lubica (Author) |
|||
![]() |
ISBN: 0821422480 ISBN-13: 9780821422489 Publisher: Ohio University Press
Binding Type: Hardcover Published: December 2016 Click for more in this series: Series in Continental Thought (Hardcover) |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Movements - Phenomenology - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern |
Dewey: 193 |
LCCN: 2016040550 |
Series: Series in Continental Thought (Hardcover) |
Physical Information: 1" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" L (1.15 lbs) 268 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Index |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In The Crisis of Meaning and the Life-World, Ľubica Učn k examines the existential conflict that formed the focus of Edmund Husserl's final work, which she argues is very much with us today: how to reconcile scientific rationality with the meaning of human existence. To investigate this conundrum, she places Husserl in dialogue with three of his most important successors: Martin Heidegger, Hannah Arendt, and Jan Patočka. For Husserl, 1930s Europe was characterized by a growing irrationalism that threatened to undermine its legacy of rational inquiry. Technological advancement in the sciences, Husserl argued, had led science to forget its own foundations in the primary "life-world" the world of lived experience. Renewing Husserl's concerns in today's context, Učn k first provides an original and compelling reading of his oeuvre through the lens of the formalization of the sciences, then traces the unfolding of this problem through the work of Heidegger, Arendt, and Patočka. Although many scholars have written on Arendt, none until now has connected her philosophical thought with that of Czech phenomenologist Jan Patočka. Učn k provides invaluable access to the work of the latter, who remains understudied in the English language. She shows that together, these four thinkers offer new challenges to the way we approach key issues confronting us today, providing us with ways to reconsider truth, freedom, and human responsibility in the face of the postmodern critique of metanarratives and a growing philosophical interest in new forms of materialism. |
Customer ReviewsSubmit your own review |
To tell a friend about this book, you must Sign In First! |