englischThe book understands serenity – especially in combination with prudence – as a holistic practice of freedom based on a modern concept of virtue. If serenity is understood in the sense of a virtue, it is more than a mere feelgood category and is not reduced to a primarily success-oriented [...]

englischThis study is intended to reveal new perspectives on the work of Ludwig Klages and, at the same time, to contribute to the prehistory of new phenomenology as one of the most important movements in contemporary philosophy. The book relates the basic problems of Klages’ philosophy to [...]

englischBy successfully integrating A.N. Whitehead's Process Philosophy into the Philosophy of Mind, a genuinely new position emerges, the Whiteheadian Monism, which is not only argumentatively superior to its competitors, dualism and physicalism, but is also able to philosophically substantiate one [...]

englischAfter the death of Hermann Schmitz, this book aims to initiate a critical appreciation of New Phenomenology—even beyond a narrower philosophical context. On the one hand, it focuses on perspectives which, starting from the neo-phenomenological approach, lead beyond already existing theories. [...]

englischMind and time are elusive. No grand theory has yet emerged that would have provided a fundamental solution to the many puzzles and perplexities associated with the two terms. There is even no consensus on the use of the concepts “mind” and “time.” This situation is neither a semantic nor a [...]

englischThe second revised edition of ‘Aufbruch. Ein Weg in die Philosophie’ traces the inseparable connection between the adventure of philosophical thinking and the perpetually twofold nature of man. This book demonstrates that philosophising corresponds to basic human attitudes and can be a path [...]

englischPhilosophical Praxis, launched by the author in 1981 and meanwhile established worldwide, ushers in a renaissance of responseable philosophy. Ever since, it has not been those ‘knowledgeable’ in philosophy who have been in demand, but those philosophers who prove themselves in conversation [...]

englischThis volume publishes the important correspondence between Martin Heidegger and Ludwig Binswanger and between Heidegger and Viktor Frankl. In essays by established experts, Heidegger's influence on psychiatry, psychology, psychotherapy, and existential analysis is discussed and his lasting [...]

englischThe concept of crisis is ancient, but its global and technological dimension is novel. Understanding these manifestations is vital for the contemporary world, and this book contributes to facing this challenge by drawing on diverse phenomenological perspectives.

Hernán Inverso is Marie [...]

englischTouch is important. As we have learned all too well during the recent period of pandemic-induced ‘social distancing’, people need to touch and be touched. But what is the phenomenon we call ‘touch’ in all its depth of meaning?

Touch is not simply physical and instrumental; it is closely [...]

englischAnalogy (Latin: proportio) is the epistemological principle par excellence for the ancient world. Plato calls it the "most beautiful bond" that holds the cosmos together. For Aristoteles, analogies between different species and genera should enable a better understanding of structural [...]

englisch“I think that the main interest of philosophy in our time should be to rethink our relationship to the world. According to the previous, two-thousand-year-old relationship of man, he saw himself confronted with a reality that he had to subjugate through mental and physical appropriation. Not [...]

englischSport is one of the most popular leisure activities in the world. Why is this so? The leading thesis of the book is: Because sport regularly produces - mostly positively evaluated - situations of affective involvement. It is the felt-bodily experiences structurally inherent in sport to which [...]

englischThe age-old dream of life leaving itself behind remains the great challenge of philosophy. For a long time, it has allowed itself to be led down the wrong path of a search that was supposed to show man a way out of time itself. The thought that the monumental two-part book "Wiedergeburt" [...]

Ein Vierteljahrhundert der Suche eines Autors nach der verlorenen Zeit, unternommen in der Einsamkeit und Freiheit eigenständigen Denkens, um entgegen allen akademischen Modeströmungen zurückzufinden zu den Quellen lebendigen Philosophierens. Band II spürt die Vergangenheit, die niemals Gegenwart [...]

In diesem biografisch gesättigten Essay entfaltet der Philosoph Rainer Marten vor dem Hintergrund des neoliberalen Zeitgeists der Silicon Valley-Gegenwart die Essenz seines Denkens in kraftvollen Zügen. Im Angesicht des eigenen Lebensendes legt er an unsere Zeit den Maßstab überzeitlicher Lehren der [...]

englischThis study examines the relationship between technology and nature, the artificial and the natural, with the help of the conceptual pair of that which is ‘grown’ and that which is ‘made’. The first part discusses basic questions concerning man's relationship to nature and technology. The [...]

englischHow can Europe benefit politically and socially from the possibilities of digitization and overcome its crises, which have plagued it so much in recent times? How can it realize a "human project" and the unity of "green" ecology and "blue" information technology? In this volume, Luciano [...]

englischThe established economics translate profits of all kinds into monetary rents. At the same time, the application area of this approach is constantly expanding, as exemplarily shown by the integration of care work and environmental economics. However, the reduction of the economic to [...]

englischIncreasing globalization combined with crises that affect everyone, such as pandemics, climate change and armed conflicts, pose major challenges for value-based business ethics. Added to this is the enormous disparity between poor and rich people worldwide. It is no longer just the [...]

englischSince Vittorio Hösle had been warning of a major war of aggression by Russia for years, Martin Hähnel interviewed him about the turning point in time that the attack of 24.2.2022 on Ukraine represents. What are the causes of this war, in the immediate past but also in the long past? Why have [...]

Der Essay knüpft an die von Aristoteles gestiftete Tradition an, praktischen Urteilen Wahrheitsfähigkeit zuzuschreiben. In der jungen Tradition der Philosophie des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts wird das Paradigma der in der Öffentlichkeit eines Gemeinwesens wichtigsten praktischen Urteile, des [...]

englischThe importance of Husserl’s phenomenology for philosophy and science remains undisputed. The undoubtedly far-reaching and profound history of impact is due to he fact that the potential of phenomenological reflektion was not exhausted with Husserl’s transcendental philosophising. This is [...]

englischThis book is a compact and straightforward introduction to the fundamental questions of philosophy and is particularly suited for laypeople and advanced learners. The idea of the book is not to cover all essential topics but to focus on those fundamental questions which rightly deserve a [...]

englischThe strangeness of the Other is answered by an ontological model of serenity as resignativity.

Serenity means abdication of the self and its opening towards the Other. Because the difference of subjectivity and alterity shows up in subjectivity itself as a dialectic of giver and receiver, [...]

Die Halbzeitbilanz des milliardenschweren Human Brain Projects (HBP) fällt ernüchternd aus. Offensichtlich entziehen sich das Gehirn mit seiner Komplexität und das daraus erwachsende Bewusstsein dem naturwissenschaftlichen Zugriff. Vor diesem Hintergrund stellen die Allegorien des Bewusstseins eine [...]

Das Jahrbuch Praktische Philosophie in globaler Perspektive ist ein Forum für Arbeiten aus den Bereichen der Politischen Philosophie, der Moral-, Sozial- und Rechtsphilosophie sowie aus den Nachbardisziplinen (Soziologie, Psychologie, Kultur-, Politik-, Umwelt-, Wirtschafts- und [...]

Was ist Leben? Im vorliegenden Sammelband wird der Akzent von dieser allgemeinen Frage nach dem Was auf die grundlegende nach dem Wie, nach der Entfaltung des menschlichen Lebens, verschoben. Dabei wird das Leben in seiner Bewegung verfolgt: als Leben, das auf Widerstand stößt, stetig transzendiert, [...]

Diese Untersuchung vergleicht das in ihr ausgedrückte Verständnis von Würde und Freiheit mit der christlichen und kantischen Konzeption dieser fundamentalen Werte. So wird deutlich, worin ihr innovativer Charakter besteht und wie sehr diese Erklärung die ersten beiden Artikel des Grundgesetzes der [...]