Philosophical Essays by Hans Jonas
Philosophical Essays is a pivotal volume in the collected works of Hans Jonas (1903-1993), one of most important German-American philosophers of the last half of the 20th century. Of the four books published in English during his lifetime, it is the only one to include contributions from his three primary areas of achievement: philosophical reflection on gnosticism, on biology, and on technology - hence the subtitle, From Ancient Creed to Technological Man. The three sections of the book are, however, given in reverse order with essays on Science, Technology, and Ethics preceding papers on Organism, Mind, and History and Religious Thought of the First Christian Centuries. The temporally ultimate project is that which Jonas sees as having philosophical priority. This collection of 18 essays originally published between 1965 and 1974 - that is, after completion of The Phenomenon of Life (1966) but before The Imperative of Responsibility (1984) - manifests the most intensive integration of Jonas's three projects. As such, this volume provides special witness to the inherent unity of what might otherwise be seen as more episodic work. In the Introduction Jonas himself argues for both a biographical and a philosophical unity, the latter of which is emphasized in a new foreword by Carl Mitcham of the European Graduate School.
Jonas, Hans: - Hans Jonas (1903-1993) was the Alvin Johnson Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research from 1955 to 1976. He was born and educated in Germany where he studied under Edmund Husserl, Martin Heidegger, and Rudolf Bultmann. He left Germany in 1933 and lived in Palestine and England before coming to North America. He influenced ethical philosophy--especially bioethics--and the study of gnosticism.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780982706794 |
| ISBN 10 | 0982706790 |
| Title | Philosophical Essays |
| Author | Hans Jonas |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Atropos Press |
| Year published | 2010-12-13 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
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