1st Edition
Plessner's Philosophical Anthropology Perspectives and Prospects
Edited By Jos de Mul
Copyright 2014
498 Pages
by
Routledge
498 Pages
by
Routledge
Helmuth Plessner (1892-1985) was one of the founders of philosophical anthropology, and his book The Stages of the Organic and Man , first published in 1928, has inspired generations of philosophers, biologists, social scientists, and humanities scholars. This volume offers the first substantial introduction to Plessner's philosophical anthropology in English, not only setting it in context with... Read more
Foreword, Artificial by Nature, PART I ANTHROPOLOGY, PART II CULTURE, PART III TECHNOLOGY, Appendix, About the Authors, Name Index, Subject, Index
Biography
Jos de Mul is full professor of Philosophy of Man and Culture at the Faculty of Philosophy, Erasmus University Rotterdam. He has also taught at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) and Fudan University (Shanghai). His publications include: The Tragedy of Finitude. Dilthey's Hermeneutics of Life (Yale UP 2004) and Destiny Domesticated. The Rebirth of Tragedy out of the Spirit of Technology (SUNY, March 2014).
