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Plessner's Philosophical Anthropology
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Helmuth Plessner (1892-1985) was one of the founders of philosophical anthropology, and his book The Stages of the Organic and Man, first published in 1928, has inspired generations of philosophers, biologists, social scientists, and humanities scholars. This volume offers the first substantial introduction to Plessner’s philosophical anthropology in English, not only setting it in context with such familiar figures as Bergson, Cassirer, and Merleau-Ponty, but also showing Plessner’s relevance to contemporary discussions in a wide variety of fields in the humanities and sciences.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title, Copyright
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. 5-8
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  1. Foreword
  2. pp. 9-10
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  1. Artificial by Nature: An Introduction to Plessner's Philosophical Anthropology
  2. Jos de Mul
  3. pp. 11-38
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  1. Part I - Anthropology
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  1. 1. Philosophical Anthropology: A Third Way between Darwinism and Foucaultism
  2. Joachim Fischer
  3. pp. 41-56
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  1. 2. The Nascence of Modern Man: Two Approaches to the Problem - Biological Evolutionary Theory and Philosophical Anthropology
  2. Hans-Peter Krüger
  3. pp. 57-78
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  1. 3. "True" and "False" Evolutionism: Bergson's Critique of Spencer, Darwin & Co. and Its Relevance for Plessner (and Us)
  2. Heike Delitz
  3. pp. 79-98
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  1. 4. Life, Concept and Subject: Plessner's Vital Turn in the Light of Kant and Bergson
  2. Thomas Ebke
  3. pp. 99-110
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  1. 5. Bodily Experience and Experiencing One's Body
  2. Maarten Coolen
  3. pp. 111-128
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  1. 6. Plessner and the Mathematical-Physical Perspective: The Prescientific Objectivity of the Human Body
  2. Jasper van Buuren
  3. pp. 129-148
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  1. 7. The Body Exploited: Torture and the Destruction of Selfhood
  2. Janna van Grunsven
  3. pp. 149-162
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  1. 8. Plessner's Theory of Eccentricity: A Contribution to the Philosophy of Medicine
  2. Oreste Tolone
  3. pp. 163-176
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  1. 9. The Duty of Personal Identity: Authenticity and Irony
  2. Martino Enrico Boccignone
  3. pp. 177-192
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  1. Part II - Culture
  2. pp. 193-194
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  1. 10. Anthropology as a Foundation of Cultural Philosophy: The Connection between Human Nature and Culture by Helmuth Plessner and Ernst Cassirer
  2. Henrike Lerch
  3. pp. 195-210
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  1. 11. Bi-Directional Boundaries: Eccentric Life and Its Environments
  2. Robert Mugerauer
  3. pp. 211-228
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  1. 12. The Unbearable Freedom of Dwelling
  2. Jetske van Oosten
  3. pp. 229-242
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  1. 13. Eccentric Positionality and Urban Space
  2. Huib Ernste
  3. pp. 243-260
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  1. 14. Strangely Familiar: The Debate on Multiculturalism and Plessner's Philosophical Anthropology
  2. Kirsten Pols
  3. pp. 261-274
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  1. 15. De-Masking as a Characteristic of Social Work?
  2. Veronika Magyar-Haas
  3. pp. 275-288
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  1. 16. Helmuth Plessner as a Social Theorist: Role Playing in Legal Discourse
  2. Bas Hengstmengel
  3. pp. 289-300
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  1. 17. Habermas's New Turn towards Plessner's Philosophical Anthropology
  2. Matthias Schloβberger
  3. pp. 301-314
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  1. Part III - Technology
  2. pp. 315-316
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  1. 18. The Quest for the Sources of the Self, Seen from the Vantage Point of Plessner's Material a Priori
  2. Petran Kockelkoren
  3. pp. 317-334
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  1. 19. The Brain in the Vat as the Epistemic Object of Neurobiology
  2. Gesa Lindemann
  3. pp. 335-356
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  1. 20. Switching "On," Switching "Off": Does Neurosurgery in Parkinson's Disease Create Man-Machines?
  2. Johannes Hätscher
  3. pp. 357-374
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  1. 21. On Humor and "Laughing" Rats: The Importance of Plessner for Affective Neuroscience
  2. Heleen J. Pott
  3. pp. 375-386
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  1. 22. A Moral Bubble: The Influence of Online Personalization on Moral Repositioning
  2. Esther Keymolen
  3. pp. 387-406
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  1. 23. Eccentric Positionality as a Precondition for the Criminal Liability Of Artificial Life Forms
  2. Mireille Hildebrandt
  3. pp. 407-424
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  1. 24. Not Terminated: Cyborgized Men Still Remain Human Beings
  2. Dierk Spreen
  3. pp. 425-442
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  1. 25. Plessner and Technology: Philosophical Anthropology Meets the Posthuman
  2. Peter-Paul Verbeek
  3. pp. 443-456
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  1. 26. Philosophical Anthropology 2.0: Reading Plessner in the Age of Converging Technologies
  2. Jos de Mul
  3. pp. 457-476
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  1. Appendix. Plessner's Collected Writings (Gesammelte Schriften)
  2. pp. 477-480
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  1. About the Authors
  2. pp. 481-488
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  1. Name Index
  2. pp. 489-494
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  1. Subject Index
  2. pp. 495-498
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