Egocentricity and Mysticism: An Anthropological Study

Ernst Tugendhat

Published by Columbia University Press 2016

Egocentricity and Mysticism

An Anthropological Study

Ernst Tugendhat
Translated by: Alexei Procyshyn and Mario Wenning

https://doi.org/10.7312/tuge16912

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About this book

Egocentricity and Mysticism is a philosophical milestone that clarifies our relationship to language, social interaction, and mortality. Ernst Tugendhat casts mysticism as an innate facet of what it means to be human—a response to an existential need for peace of mind.

Author / Editor information

Ernst Tugendhat is professor emeritus at Freie Universität Berlin and honorary professor at the University of Tübingen.

Reviews

Martin Woessner, author of Heidegger in America:
Egocentricity and Mysticism is a wide-ranging, interdisciplinary work. In addition to straddling the so-called continental/analytic divide in contemporary philosophy, it also makes significant and original contributions to the fields of philosophical anthropology, existential phenomenology, and theology—not to mention semantics and even ethics as well.

Santiago Zabala, author of The Remains of Being: Hermeneutic Ontology After Metaphysics:
Ernst Tugendhat demonstrates how a sense of mysticism, that is, the capacity for 'stepping back,' is not only necessary for a more humane anthropology but also for philosophy's own theoretical practice.

William Desmond, author of God and the Between:
This is an engaging and thoughtful philosophical reflection that packs much into its relatively short span. It admirably ranges from what is involved in our ability to say 'I,' through what counts as important in our moral lives, to the large and recurrent questions dealing with life and death, mysticism, religion, and wonder at the existence of the world. Its lucid style of philosophizing joins the precision of analysis with a finessed feel for the larger picture. In its own way, it impressively spans the so-called divide between the analytic and continental approaches to philosophical questions. Warmly recommended.

Michael Jackson, author of As Wide as the World is Wise: New Directions in Philosophical Anthropology:
Ernst Tugendhat's groundbreaking essay in philosophical anthropology explores with analytical lucidity and existential depth our twofold disposition to speak and act in the first person while going beyond egocentricity, relativizing our singular senses of selfhood in 'mystical' apperceptions of what it means to possess agency, to pursue the good, to ponder mortality, to achieve peace of mind, and to be responsible for others and to life itself—in sum, to be human.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
TRANSLATORS’ INTRODUCTION Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
INTRODUCTION Publicly Available Download PDF	xxv
PART I. RELATING TO ONESELF
1. Propositional Language and Saying “I” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
2. “Good” and “Important” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
3. Saying “I” in Practical Contexts: Self-Mobilization and Responsibility Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
4. Adverbial, Prudential, and Moral Good; Intellectual Honesty Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	48
5. Relating to Life and Death Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	68
PART II. STEPPING BACK FROM ONESELF
6. Religion and Mysticism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
7. Wonder Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	124
Addendum: On Historical and Nonhistorical Inquiry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
NOTES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
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Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;

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Published: December 3, 2018
ISBN: 9780231542937