Situation and Human Existence

Freedom, Subjectivity and Society

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy
Cover of the book Situation and Human Existence by Sonia Kruks, Taylor and Francis
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Author: Sonia Kruks ISBN: 9780429656132
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: April 15, 2019
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Sonia Kruks
ISBN: 9780429656132
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: April 15, 2019
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

Social philosophy oscillates between two opposing ideas: that individuals fashion society, and that society fashions individuals. The concept of ‘situation’ was elaborated by the French existentialist thinkers to avoid this dilemma. Individuals are seen as actively situating themselves in society at the same time as being situated by it. This book, first published in 1990, traces the development of the concept of situation through the work of Gabriel Marcel, Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and Maurice Merleau-Ponty. It shows how it illuminates questions of self or subjectivity, embodiment and gender, society and history, and argues that it goes far beyond the currently fashionable notions of the ‘death of the subject’.

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Social philosophy oscillates between two opposing ideas: that individuals fashion society, and that society fashions individuals. The concept of ‘situation’ was elaborated by the French existentialist thinkers to avoid this dilemma. Individuals are seen as actively situating themselves in society at the same time as being situated by it. This book, first published in 1990, traces the development of the concept of situation through the work of Gabriel Marcel, Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and Maurice Merleau-Ponty. It shows how it illuminates questions of self or subjectivity, embodiment and gender, society and history, and argues that it goes far beyond the currently fashionable notions of the ‘death of the subject’.

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