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Book/Printed Material Plessner's philosophical anthropology : perspectives and prospects

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Title

  • Plessner's philosophical anthropology : perspectives and prospects

Summary

  • The work of the German philosopher Helmuth Plessner (1892-1985) inspired generations of scholars and has been enjoying a recent renaissance. This volume offers the first substantial English-language introduction to Plessner's philosophical anthropology, contextualising it by comparison with the more familiar contemporaries such as Bergson, Cassirer and Merleau-Ponty, but also showing his relevance to contemporary discussion in a variety of scholarly fields.

Names

  • Internationale Helmuth Plessner Kongress 2009 : Rotterdam, Netherlands)
  • Mul, Jos de, 1956- editor.

Created / Published

  • Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2014]

Contents

  • Anthropology -- Culture -- Technology.

Headings

  • -  Plessner, Helmuth,--1892-1985.--Stufen des Organischen und der Mensch--Congresses
  • -  Philosophical anthropology--Congresses
  • -  Biology--Philosophy--Congresses

Notes

  • -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.
  • -  A selection of the papers presented at the IVth International Plessner Conference, held at the Erasmus University Rotterdam in 2009.
  • -  Includes bibliographical references and index.

Medium

  • 1 electronic resource (498 pages)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • B3323.P563

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020716445

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  • Unrestricted online access

Online Format

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  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Internationale Helmuth Plessner Kongress 2009: Rotterdam, Netherlands), and Jos De Mul. Plessner's Philosophical Anthropology: Perspectives and Prospects. [Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2014] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020716445/.

APA citation style:

Internationale Helmuth Plessner Kongress 2009: Rotterdam, N. & Mul, J. D. (2014) Plessner's Philosophical Anthropology: Perspectives and Prospects. [Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020716445/.

MLA citation style:

Internationale Helmuth Plessner Kongress 2009: Rotterdam, Netherlands), and Jos De Mul. Plessner's Philosophical Anthropology: Perspectives and Prospects. [Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2014] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2020716445/>.