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A Topography of the Other / Topographie des Fremden
Studies for a Phenomenology of the Other 1
The topographical enquiries that Waldenfels presents assume that the Other not only has its own times, but its own locations as well. Inspired by Husserl and Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty and Levinas, Bachelard and Foucault, the author seizes upon implications that guide one to a localized thinking which, in turn, brings one close to the realm of ethnology as a science of cultural otherness.
The topographical enquiries that Waldenfels presents assume that the Other not only has its own times, but its own locations as well. Inspired by Husserl and Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty and Levinas, Bachelard and Foucault, the author seizes upon implications that guide one to a localized thinking which, in turn, brings one close to the realm of ethnology as a science of cultural otherness.
1997, 240 pages
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Year of Publication: 2022
Bernhard WaldenfelsYear of Publication: 2022
Globality, Locality, Digitality
Global challenges such as flight, migration, terrorism, viral pandemics and climate change call for local responses that use digital means without exhausting themselves in data, algorithms and a technology of what is possible. Hospitality, time difference and the demands of future generations provide keywords for a phenomenology that moves in the space of the pathic and the responsive. The...
Year of Publication: 2017
Bernhard WaldenfelsYear of Publication: 2017
Plato
In his latest work, world-famous phenomenologist Bernhard Waldenfels explores the dialectic between Pathos and Logos in Plato. Based on forays through Plato’s Dialogues, Waldenfels’s expositions touch on various subjects like politics, law, medicine, economy, anthropology, zoology, speech and literature. The individual pieces refer to thinkers like Marcel Hénaff, Claude Lévi- Strauss and Ovid and...
Year of Publication: 2006
Bernhard WaldenfelsYear of Publication: 2006
Phenomenology of the Alien
What can a phenomenology of the strange be? In his new book Bernhard Waldenfels, Germany’s outstanding phenomenologist, poignantly outlines its crucial traits. The key themes are: order, pathos,...
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