1st Edition
Situation and Human Existence Freedom, Subjectivity and Society
By Sonia Kruks
Copyright 1990
236 Pages
by
Routledge
236 Pages
by
Routledge
236 Pages
by
Routledge
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Social philosophy oscillates between two opposing ideas: that individuals fashion society, and that society fashions individuals. The concept of ‘situation’ was elaborated by the French existentialist thinkers to avoid this dilemma. Individuals are seen as actively situating themselves in society at the same time as being situated by it. This book, first published in 1990, traces the development... Read more
1. Marcel: Embodiment and Situation 2. Sartre: Individual Constitution of Situation 3. Beauvoir: the Weight of Situation 4. Merleau-Ponty: Situation and Social World 5. Sartre: Praxis in Situation
Biography
Sonia Kruks
