Heidegger on Being Affected

"Things get to us. We are moved or affected by 'things' in the ordinary sense-the paraphernalia of our daily lives-and also by ourselves, by others, and by ontological phenomena such as being and time. How can such things get to us? How can things matter to me? Heidegger answers this question with his concepts of finding (Befindlichkeit) and attunement (Stimmung). In this text, Withy explores how being finding allows things to matter to us in attunements such as fear and hope by allowing those things to show up as benefits or detriments to our pursuits and so to put those pursuits at stake. She also explores how we can be affected ontologically-that is, affected by being-in special attunements such as angst and boredom, as well as how Heidegger's account of being affected has contributed to our understanding of emotions, moods, and affective disorders"--

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Befindlichkeit; 3. Stimmungen; 4. Uptake; References.

Product details

• Authors: Katherine Withy, Katherine (Georgetown University Withy, Withy Katherine
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2024
• EAN: 9781009504096
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0950409-6
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in the Philosophy of Martin Heidegger
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy, Western philosophy from c 1800