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9780253222411

Natality and Finitude

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  • ISBN13:

    9780253222411

  • ISBN10:

    0253222419

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-09-22
  • Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr

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Summary

Philosophy is accustomed to thinking about human existence as finite. 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.

Author Biography

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

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. ix
List of Abbreviationsp. xi
Introduction: Sophocles' Wisdomp. 1
Historicity and the Metaphysics of Existence: Heideggerp. 15
Generating Life, Generating Meaning: Diltheyp. 46
Philosophy and Action: Arendtp. 78
On the Threshold of Finitude: Nancyp. 107
Afterword What Will the Clone Make of Us?p. 148
Notesp. 165
Bibliographyp. 185
Indexp. 197
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