Natality and Finitude

Informationen zum Autor Anne O'Byrne is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Stony Brook University. Klappentext O'Byrne's thinking advances and deepens important discussions at the intersections of feminism, continental philosophy, philosophy of religion, and social and political thought. Zusammenfassung Reorienting our approach to fundamental questions about human existence Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations 1. Introduction: Sophocles' Wisdom 2. Historicity and the Metaphysics of Existence: Heidegger 3. Generating Life, Generating Meaning: Dilthey 4. Philosophy and Action: Arendt 5. On the Threshold of Finitude: Nancy Afterword: What Would the Clone Make of Us? Notes Bibliography Index

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Anne O'Byrne is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Stony Brook University.

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O'Byrne's thinking advances and deepens important discussions at the intersections of feminism, continental philosophy, philosophy of religion, and social and political thought.

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Reorienting our approach to fundamental questions about human existence

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Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations

1. Introduction: Sophocles' Wisdom
2. Historicity and the Metaphysics of Existence: Heidegger
3. Generating Life, Generating Meaning: Dilthey
4. Philosophy and Action: Arendt
5. On the Threshold of Finitude: Nancy
   Afterword: What Would the Clone Make of Us?
   Notes
   Bibliography
   Index