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Natality and Finitude
Anne O´byrne
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Description for Natality and Finitude
Paperback. Reorienting our approach to fundamental questions about human existence Series: Studies in Continental Thought. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
Philosophers are accustomed to thinking about human existence as finite and deathbound. Anne O'Byrne focuses instead on birth as a way to make sense of being alive. Building on the work of Heidegger, Dilthey, Arendt, and Nancy, O'Byrne discusses how the world becomes ours and how meaning emerges from our relations to generations past and to come. Themes such as creation, time, inheritance, birth and action, embodiment, biological determinism, and cloning anchor this sensitive and powerful analysis. O'Byrne's thinking advances and deepens important discussions at the intersections of feminism, continental philosophy, philosophy of religion, and social and political thought.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Continental Thought
Number of Pages
218
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253222411
SKU
V9780253222411
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About Anne O´byrne
Anne O'Byrne is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Stony Brook University.
Reviews for Natality and Finitude
With great clarity and depth, Anne O'Byrne's new book, Natality and Finitude, explores a wide variety of themes, including birth, life, death, temporality, history, embodiment and reproduction. While O'Byrne never loses sight of the importance of identifying and exploring these themes as they occur throughout the Western philosophical tradition, her arguments are guided by the recent work on natality and finitude by Martin Heidegger, Wilhelm Dilthey, Hannah Arendt, and Jean-Luc Nancy.
Continental Philosophy Review
O'Byrne argues for a rethinking of finitude in terms of birth (or 'natality') rather than the Heideggerian motifs of being-towards-death. Natality offers a positive way to understand finitude in terms of possibilities ... RecommendedVol. 48 No. 11 August 2011
Choice
The relevance of this book—to crucial debates in continental thought, feminism, and political philosophy—cannot be over-emphasized. O'Byrne is particularly generous to her colleagues; the text so brims with references to secondary literature that outline the major sources of input to the discussion. The endnotes point to lines of further research. The prose is generally clear, engaging, and insightful. This work shound not be overlooked. 1/26/2011
Symposium, Canadian Journal for Continental Philosophy
Continental Philosophy Review
O'Byrne argues for a rethinking of finitude in terms of birth (or 'natality') rather than the Heideggerian motifs of being-towards-death. Natality offers a positive way to understand finitude in terms of possibilities ... RecommendedVol. 48 No. 11 August 2011
Choice
The relevance of this book—to crucial debates in continental thought, feminism, and political philosophy—cannot be over-emphasized. O'Byrne is particularly generous to her colleagues; the text so brims with references to secondary literature that outline the major sources of input to the discussion. The endnotes point to lines of further research. The prose is generally clear, engaging, and insightful. This work shound not be overlooked. 1/26/2011
Symposium, Canadian Journal for Continental Philosophy