The Aesthetics of Autonomy - Ricandur and Sartre on Emancipation, Authenticity, and Selfhood

Informationen zum Autor Farhang Erfani is assistant professor of philosophy at American University and research associate at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. Klappentext Sartre and Ric¿ur have never been compared in detail before, as hermeneutics and existentialism have been wrongly pitted against each other. The Aesthetics of Autonomy demonstrates that an existential hermeneutics overcomes the respective limitations of each philosopher and gives us the necessary tools of seeking autonomy in an age of uncertainty, which is the globalized world. Zusammenfassung Sartre and Ricoeur have never been compared in detail before! as hermeneutics and existentialism have been wrongly pitted against each other. The Aesthetics of Autonomy demonstrates that an existential hermeneutics overcomes the respective limitations of each philosopher and gives us the necessary tools of seeking autonomy in an age of uncertainty! which is the globalized world. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1. Can the Revolutionary Agent Ski? On Sartre's Methodology Chapter 2. Dialectics of Sedimentation and Innovation: On Ricour's Methodology Chapter 3. Giving Style to One's Life: Existentialist Narrative Ethics Chapter 4. From Ideology to Dark Utopia Conclusion: "Imagine There's No Countries"

Product details

• Authors: Farhang Erfani, Erfani Farhang
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2011
• EAN: 9780739112588
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-1258-8
• No. of pages: 166
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Western philosophy from c 1800, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -