Philosophy

Kurt Salamun

Wie soll der Mensch sein?

Philosophische Ideale vom 'wahren' Menschen von Karl Marx bis Karl Popper

[What should human beings be like? Philosophical Ideals of the »Genuine« Human Being from Karl Marx to Karl Popper.]

2012. X, 274 pages.
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The question of the meaning of life and of humanity in general has always been a central theme in philosophy. Many philosophers have developed ideals of what »true humanity« is and how it should be achieved. To exemplify this, Kurt Salamun presents the following ideals from European philosophy in the 19th and 20th centuries: the dialogical I-Thou relationship (Feuerbach, Buber), coping with ultimate situations in life (Jaspers), the relationship between human beings and God (Kierkegaard), the free spirit and the Übermensch (Nietzsche), the unalienated human being in a classless society (Marx), the new man in a satisfied existence (Marcuse), enduring the absurdity of life and the permanent revolt against the meaninglessness of the world (Camus), the autonomous self in every situation which comes from absolute freedom and responsibility (Sartre), humans that engage with one another as active political agents (Hannah Arendt), man as an enlightened critical rationalist in the open society (Popper).
The question of the meaning of life and of humanity in general has always been a central theme in philosophy. Many philosophers have developed ideals of what »true humanity« is and how it should be achieved. To exemplify this, Kurt Salamun presents the following ideals from European philosophy in the 19th and 20th centuries: the dialogical I-Thou relationship (Feuerbach, Buber), coping with ultimate situations in life (Jaspers), the relationship between human beings and God (Kierkegaard), the free spirit and the Übermensch (Nietzsche), the unalienated human being in a classless society (Marx), the new man in a satisfied existence (Marcuse), enduring the absurdity of life and the permanent revolt against the meaninglessness of the world (Camus), the autonomous self in every situation which comes from absolute freedom and responsibility (Sartre), humans that engage with one another as active political agents (Hannah Arendt), man as an enlightened critical rationalist in the open society (Popper).
Authors/Editors

Kurt Salamun Geboren 1940; Studium der Philosophie, Psychologie, Germanistik und Anglistik an der Universität Graz; 1965 Promotion; 1973 Habilitation; 1975–2005 Professor am Institut für Philosophie der Universität Graz; 1975–2001 Leiter der Abt. f. Philosophische Soziologie; 1999–2005 Institutsleiter; seit 2005 emeritiert; weitere Lehrtätigkeit.

Reviews

The following reviews are known:

In: — 16 (2014), S. 91–92 (Ulrich Metschl)
In: Aufklärung und Kritik — 2013, Heft 2, S. 253–254 (Armin Pfahl-Traughber)
In: Aufklärung und Kritik — http://hpd.de/node/15696 (04/2013) (Armin Pfahl-Traughber)
In: Dialogo Filosofico — 28 (2012), S. 196
In: Staat und Wirtschaft in Hessen — 2012, 136
In: Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaft (ZfG) — 12 (2012), S. 1042–1044 (Jens Kertscher)
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