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. |
From inside the book
Page xi
... insight einblick] and the more mysterious connotation 1 In this I am following rüdiger Safranski in the biography: Martin Heidegger, between good and evil (USa, 1998). of 'vision'. rendered as the 'twinkling of an eye' the Foreword.
... insight einblick] and the more mysterious connotation 1 In this I am following rüdiger Safranski in the biography: Martin Heidegger, between good and evil (USa, 1998). of 'vision'. rendered as the 'twinkling of an eye' the Foreword.
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... insight'. In a rare rendition as 'gaze of the eye' the phrase gives the impression of a prolonged contemplation, even a dreamy unfocused look. as I discuss the development of the Augenblick in a chronological progression, it is ...
... insight'. In a rare rendition as 'gaze of the eye' the phrase gives the impression of a prolonged contemplation, even a dreamy unfocused look. as I discuss the development of the Augenblick in a chronological progression, it is ...
Page xiv
... insight into the 'truth' of Being, the 'there' of our 'there-being' or Dasein. For Jaspers, a cipher chiffer or chiffre] is that through which we can understand the existential connotations of a subjective and inexpressible experience ...
... insight into the 'truth' of Being, the 'there' of our 'there-being' or Dasein. For Jaspers, a cipher chiffer or chiffre] is that through which we can understand the existential connotations of a subjective and inexpressible experience ...
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... insights into his thought. Walter lowrie tells us that, rather than being private confessional journals, these were written for public consumption, as such they provide clues for his reading public. They have provided this text with a ...
... insights into his thought. Walter lowrie tells us that, rather than being private confessional journals, these were written for public consumption, as such they provide clues for his reading public. They have provided this text with a ...
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... insight' or 'vision' implicated in the metaphor, it lacks 'spirit'. Therefore for Kierkegaard 'plastic' art, that which renders objective representations of external things in the world, and by extension philosophy which concerns the ...
... insight' or 'vision' implicated in the metaphor, it lacks 'spirit'. Therefore for Kierkegaard 'plastic' art, that which renders objective representations of external things in the world, and by extension philosophy which concerns 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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