Fred Dallmayr

Mindfulness and Letting Be

On Engaged Thinking and Acting

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Fred Dallmayr explores the benefits of mindfulness in respect to philosophy and theory, practical conduct, language use, art works, historical understanding, and cosmopolitanism. Students of continental, social, and political philosophy will benefit from Dallmayr’s engagement with, among others, Heidegger, Panikkar, Merleau-Ponty, and Derrida.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 154
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 234g
• ISBN-13: 9780739199886
• ISBN-10: 0739199889
• Artikelnr.: 45310847

Autorenporträt

Fred Dallmayr is Packey J. Dee Professor Emeritus in the departments of Philosophy and Political Science at the University of Notre Dame.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. "The Future of Theory": Mindful Thinking
Chapter 2. Beyond "Action Theory": Mindful Praxis
Chapter 3. Nothingness, Non-Being, Emptiness: Thinking at the Edge of
Thought
Chapter 4. But Only Speak the Word: Mindfulness and Language
Chapter 5. Naturing Nature: Mindfulness and Art
Chapter 6. The Future of the Past: Mindfulness and History
Chapter 7. Why Cross-cultural Studies Now?: Mindfulness and Cosmopolis
Appendix A. Are Humans Becoming Superfluous?: Robots and Gestell
Appendix B. For an Apophatic Humanism: Orthopraxis
Appendix C. Empire and Mindfulness: Theocracy as Temptation