From conventionalism to social authenticity

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Springer, Dordrecht

2017

278 Pages

ISBN 978-3-319-56864-5

From conventionalism to social authenticity

Heidegger's anyone and contemporary social theory

Edited by

Hans Bernhard Schmid, Gerhard Thonhauser

This edited volume offers a new approach to understanding social conventions by way of Martin Heidegger. It connects the philosopher's conceptions of the anyone, everydayness, and authenticity with an analysis and critique of social normativity. Heidegger's account of the anyone is ambiguous. Some see it as a good description of human sociality, others think of it as an important critique of modern mass society. This volume seeks to understand this ambiguity as reflecting the tension between the constitutive function ofconventions for human action and the critical aspects of conformism. It argues that Heidegger's anyone should neither be reduced to its pejorative nor its constitutive dimension. Rather, the concept could show how power and norms function.

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Schmid, H.B. , Thonhauser, G. (eds) (2017). From conventionalism to social authenticity: Heidegger's anyone and contemporary social theory, Springer, Dordrecht.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Thonhauser Gerhard

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