TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tugendhat,Ernst
AU  - Procyshyn,Alexei
AU  - Wenning,Mario
TI  - Egocentricity and Mysticism: An Anthropological Study 
SN  - 9780231169127
AV  - BJ1474 .T8313 2016
U1  - 171/.9 23
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - New York, NY : 
PB  - Columbia University Press, 
KW  - Egoism
KW  - Self (Philosophy)
KW  - Self-interest
KW  - PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Existentialism
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; TRANSLATORS' INTRODUCTION --; INTRODUCTION --; PART I. RELATING TO ONESELF --; 1. Propositional Language and Saying "I" --; 2. "Good" and "Important" --; 3. Saying "I" in Practical Contexts: Self-Mobilization and Responsibility --; 4. Adverbial, Prudential, and Moral Good; Intellectual Honesty --; 5. Relating to Life and Death --; PART II. STEPPING BACK FROM ONESELF --; 6. Religion and Mysticism --; 7. Wonder --; Addendum: On Historical and Nonhistorical Inquiry --; NOTES --; INDEX; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - In Egocentricity and Mysticism, Ernst Tugendhat casts mysticism as an innate facet of what it means to be human-a response to an existential need for peace of mind. This need is created by our discursive practices, which serve to differentiate us from one another and privilege our respective first-person standpoints. Emphasizing the first person fuels a desire for mysticism, which builds knowledge of what binds us together and connects us to the world. Any intellectual pursuit that prompts us to "step back" from our egocentric concerns harbors a mystic kernel that manifests as a sense of awe, wonder, and gratitude. Philosophy, the natural sciences, and mathematics all engender forms of mystical experience as profound as any produced by meditation and asceticism. One of the most widely discussed books by a German philosopher in decades, Egocentricity and Mysticism is a philosophical milestone that clarifies in groundbreaking ways our relationship to language, social interaction, and mortality
UR  - https://doi.org/10.7312/tuge16912
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231542937
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780231542937/original
ER  -