Heidegger's Neglect of the Body

Kevin A. Aho

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Martin Heidegger's failure to acknowledge the role of the body in his analysis of everyday human existence (Dasein) has generated a cottage industry of criticism from such prominent continental figures as Merleau-Ponty, Sartre, Derrida, and Irigaray. In Heidegger's Neglect of the Body, Kevin A. Aho suggests the critics largely fail to appreciate Heidegger's nuanced understanding of Dasein, which is not to be interpreted in terms of individual existence but in terms of a shared horizon of being that is already there. Aho further argues that Heidegger—while rarely discussing the body itself—nonetheless makes a significant contribution to theories of embodiment by means of his critique of technological existence and his hermeneutic recovery of more original ways of being that reveal our fragile interconnectedness with things.
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction

The Body Problem
Chapter Overview

1. Heidegger’s Project

Dismantling Cartesian Metaphysics
Dasein and Everydayness
Temporality as the Meaning of Being

2. The Missing Dialogue between Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty

The Absence of the Body in Being and Time
The Body and the Problem of Spatiality
The Importance of the Zollikon Seminars
The Limits of Merleau-Ponty’s Relation to Heidegger

3. Gender and Time: On the Question of Dasein’s Neutrality

Fundamental Ontology and the Sex/Gender Divide
Gendered Dasein and Neutral Da-sein
The Gender and Neutrality of Time

4. Life, Logos, and the Poverty of Animals

Dasein’s Animal-Nature
The Question of Life in the Aristotle Lectures
Logos and the Animal Question
The Animal Lectures in Context
Prelude to a Theory of Embodiment

5. The Accelerated Body

Technological Existence
Acceleration and Boredom
Acceleration and Psychotherapy

6. Recovering Play: On Authenticity and Dwelling

Technology and Authentic Historicality
Leisure and Openness to Mystery Conclusion: Embodied Dwelling
Notes
Index

Sujets

• Philosophie
• Épistémologie
• Philosophie de l'esprit
• Epistémologie
• Epistémologie
• Epistémologie
• Philosophy

Informations

• Publié par: State University of New York Press
• Date de parution: 02 juillet 2010
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781438427744
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Kevin A. Aho

Heidegger’s Neglect of the Body

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Heidegger’s Neglect of the Body

SUNY series in Contemporary Continential Philosophy

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Heidegger’s Neglect of the Body

Kevin A. Aho

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Aho, Kevin, 1969-  Heidegger’s neglect of the body / Kevin A. Aho.  p. cm.  Includes bibliographical references and index.  ISBN 978-1-4384-2775-1 (hardcover : alk. paper)  1. Heidegger, Martin, 1889–1976. 2. Body, Human (Philosophy) I. Title.

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Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction  The Body Problem  Chapter Overview

Abbreviations

Contents

Chapter 1 Heidegger’s Project  Dismantling Cartesian Metaphysics  Dasein and Everydayness  Temporality as the Meaning of Being

Chapter 2 The Missing Dialogue between Heidegger  and Merleau-Ponty The Absence of the Body inBeing and Time The Body and the Problem of Spatiality The Importance of the Zollikon Seminars The Limits of Merleau-Ponty’s Relation to Heidegger

Chapter 3 Gender and Time: On the Question of  Dasein’s Neutrality Fundamental Ontology and the Sex/Gender Divide Gendered Dasein and Neutral Da-sein The Gender and Neutrality of Time

Chapter 4 Life, Logos, and the Poverty of Animals Dasein’s Animal-Nature The Question of Life in the Aristotle Lectures Logos and the Animal Question The Animal Lectures in Context Prelude to a Theory of Embodiment

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Chapter 5 The Accelerated Body Technological Existence Acceleration and Boredom Acceleration and Psychotherapy

Chapter 6 Recovering Play: On Authenticity and Dwelling Technology and Authentic Historicality Leisure and Openness to Mystery

Conclusion: Embodied Dwelling

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