Egocentricity and mysticism : an anthropological study /
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-...
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
[2016]
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| ISBN: | 9780231542937 0231542933 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Part I. Relating to oneself. Propositional language and saying "I"
- "Good" and "important"
- Saying "I" in practical contexts : self-mobilization and responsibility
- Adverbial, prudential, and moral good; intellectual honesty
- Relating to life and death
- Part II. Stepping back from oneself. Religion and mysticism
- Wonder
- Addendum : On historical and nonhistorical inquiry.