Social Ontology: Recasting Political Philosophy Through a Phenomenology of Whoness

Michael Eldred

Published by De Gruyter 2008

Social Ontology

Recasting Political Philosophy Through a Phenomenology of Whoness

Michael Eldred

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110333275

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Freedom, value, power, justice, government, legitimacy are major themes of the present inquiry. It explores the ontological structure of human beings associating with one another, the basic phenomenon of society. We human beings strive to become who we are in an ongoing power interplay with each other. Thinkers called as witnesses include Plato, Aristotle, Anaximander, Protagoras, Hobbes, Locke, Adam Smith, Hegel, Marx, Schopenhauer, Heidegger, Schumpeter, Hayek, Schmitt, Ernst Jünger, et al.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Table of contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
1 By way of introduction – Precious little Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 Loosening the ground: Thinking about society, thinking society Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
3 Further outline of the phenomenon of whoness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
4 The satisfaction of wants and the striving to have more Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
5 Metaphysics of exchange Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
6 Justice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
7 Interlude with some intermediate conclusions: Everyday living of finite human beings – Security and insecurity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
8 The short reach of Cartesian certainty and Leibniz’ principle of reason into the social science of economics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273
9 Reified social relations, the visible and the invisible hand Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	313
10 Social power and government Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	474
11 The ontological constitution of ‘we ourselves’ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	477
12 Government and the state Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	541
13 Relations among states and the global power play among peoples Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	685

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Pages
- Front matter: 13
- Main content: 688
Keywords: Gemeinschaft; Soziale Identität; Sozialphilosophie

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Published: May 2, 2013
ISBN: 9783110333275

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Published: May 2, 2013
ISBN: 9783110333077