Man in the Modern Age (Routledge Revivals).

First published in English in 1933, this detailed philosophical examination of the contemporary state and nature of mankind is a seminal work by influential German philosopher Karl Jaspers. Elucidating his theories on a variety of topics pertaining to contemporary and future human existence, Man in...

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Main Author: Jaspers, Karl
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Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014.
Series:Routledge revivals.
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505 0 |a Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; FOREWORD TO THE NEW IMPRESSION; Table of Contents; INTRODUCTION; 1. ORIGIN OF THE EPOCHAL CONSCIOUSNESS; 2. ORIGIN OF THE PRESENT SITUATION; 3. SITUATION IN GENERAL; 4. WAYS OF THROWING LIGHT ON THE PRESENT SITUATION; PART ONE. LIMITS OF THE LIFE-ORDER; 1. TECHNIQUE AND APPARATUS AS DETERMINANTS OF MASS-LIFE; 2. MASS-RULE; Peculiarities of the Masses; Importance of the Masses; 3. THE TENSION BETWEEN TECHNICAL MASS-ORDER AND HUMAN LIFE; Consciousness during the Era of Advanced Technique. 
505 8 |a Dominion of ApparatusLeadership; The Life of the Home; Dread of Life; The Problem of Joy in Work; Sport; 4. IMPOSSIBILITY OF A STEADFAST LIFE-ORDER; 5. ATTEMPTS TO JUSTIFY THE ESTABLISHING OF A LIFE-ORDER THAT SHALL HAVE BEEN RENDERED ABSOLUTE (MODERN SOPHISTRY); Idolisation of the Masses; The Language Mystification and of Revolt; Irresolution; The Mind as a Means; 6. CRITICAL CONDITION OF THE PRESENT LIFE-ORDER; PART TWO. WILL IN THE WHOLE; 1. THE STATE; Sense of the State; War and Peace; Methods and Sphere of Influence of Political Activity; 2. EDUCATION; Significance of Education. 
505 8 |a The State and Education3. INCOMPREHENSIBILITY OF THE WHOLE; PART THREE. DECAY AND POSSIBILITIES OF THE MIND; 1. CULTURE; Culture and the Antique; A Levelling-Down of Culture; Specialised Capacity; Historical Assimilation; The Press; 2. MENTAL CREATION; Art; Science; Philosophy; PART FOUR. OUR PRESENT CONCEPTION OF HUMAN EXISTENCE; 1. THE SCIENCES OF MANKIND; Sociology; Psychology; Anthropology; 2. EXISTENCE-PHILOSOPHY; PART FIVE. WHAT MANKIND CAN BECOME; 1. THE NAMELESS POWERS; Perversion of Liberty; The Sophist; Problem concerning the Reality of Time; Contemporary Man. 
505 8 |a The Struggle with no Fighting Front2. MAINTENANCE OF SELFHOOD IN THE CONTEMPORARY SITUATION; Against the World or in the World; Technical Sovereignty, Primary Will-to-know, Unconditioned Ties; Historical Immersion; Man's Nobility; Solidarity; Nobility and Politics; False Claim to Nobility; The Philosophical Life; Situation of the Selfhood; 3. CONTEMPLATIVE FORECAST AND ACTIVE FORECAST; Contemplative Forecast; What will Happen?; Active Forecast; INDEX. 
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