Augenblick: The Concept of the 'Decisive Moment' in 19th- and 20th-Century Western PhilosophyAugenblick, meaning literally 'In the blink of an eye', describes a 'decisive moment' in time that is both fleeting yet momentously eventful, even epoch-makingly significant. In this book Koral Ward investigates the development of the concept into one of the core ideas in Western existential philosophy alongside such concepts as anxiety and individual freedom. Ward examines the whole extent of the idea of the 'decisive moment', in which an individual's entire life-project is open to a radical reorientation. From its inception in Kierkegaard's works to the writings of Jaspers and Heidegger, she draws on a vast array of sources beyond just the standard figures of 19th and 20th century Continental philosophy, finding ideas and examples in photography, cinema, music, art, and the modern novel. |
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... faith in Kierkegaard, of philosophical faith in Jaspers, in Nietzsche the affirmation of life itself, the Augenblick concerns the decision of human being's existence in its deepest sense. The telos is not outside but within oneself, as ...
... faith in Kierkegaard, of philosophical faith in Jaspers, in Nietzsche the affirmation of life itself, the Augenblick concerns the decision of human being's existence in its deepest sense. The telos is not outside but within oneself, as ...
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... faith'. (Kierkegaard, however, also thinks of this process as a transition, as kinesis, the movement essential to change.) Jaspers' concept of the 'boundary situation' describes such experiences which come to us direct and unmediated ...
... faith'. (Kierkegaard, however, also thinks of this process as a transition, as kinesis, the movement essential to change.) Jaspers' concept of the 'boundary situation' describes such experiences which come to us direct and unmediated ...
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... faith and are precipitated into making 'the leap of faith'. Kierkegaard's Journals and Papers provide valuable insights into his thought. Walter lowrie tells us that, rather than being private confessional journals, these were written ...
... faith and are precipitated into making 'the leap of faith'. Kierkegaard's Journals and Papers provide valuable insights into his thought. Walter lowrie tells us that, rather than being private confessional journals, these were written ...
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... faith, he even declares that he is not a Christian. The expression itself: 'in the blink of an eye' Øieblik] is the real departure point in these considerations of Kierkegaard; we shall discover how language can be used to convey the ...
... faith, he even declares that he is not a Christian. The expression itself: 'in the blink of an eye' Øieblik] is the real departure point in these considerations of Kierkegaard; we shall discover how language can be used to convey the ...
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... faith, but from a 'pagan' view which develops through the progression of an unfolding hypothesis toward a position of faith. Kierkegaard's use of the word guden or 'the god' indicates that it is a hypothetical question of whether the ...
... faith, but from a 'pagan' view which develops through the progression of an unfolding hypothesis toward a position of faith. Kierkegaard's use of the word guden or 'the god' indicates that it is a hypothetical question of whether the ...
Contents
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its place in Friedrich Nietzsches concept of Eternal Return | 35 |
3 Karl Jaspers pure eye of the fleeting moment | 69 |
4 Martin Heideggers Augenblick as moment of vision and the Redemption of Being | 97 |
5 Henri CartierBressons Images à la Sauvette Images on the Run and the Image as Still | 125 |
6 A Decisive Epoch and the Existential Moment der Augenblick der Existenz in Art | 149 |
Conclusion | 175 |
Bibliography | 181 |
Index | 187 |
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