Heidegger on Affect

by Christos Hadjioannou

Overview

This book offers the first comprehensive assessment of Heidegger’s account of affective phenomena. Affective phenomena play a significant role in Heidegger’s philosophy — his analyses of mood significantly influenced diverse fields of research such as existentialism, hermeneutics, phenomenology, theology and cultural studies. Despite this, no single collection of essays has been exclusively dedicated to this theme.

Comprising twelve innovative essays by leading Heidegger scholars, this volume skilfully explores the role that not only Angst plays in Heidegger’s work, but also love and boredom. Exploring the nature of affective phenomena in Heidegger, as well as the role they play in wider philosophical debates, the volume is a valuable addition to Heideggerian scholarship and beyond, enriching current debates across disciplines on the nature of human agency.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783030246389
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	08/14/2019
Series:	Philosophers in Depth
Edition description:	1st ed. 2019
Pages:	294
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Christos Hadjioannou is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Faculty of Philosophy, Sofia University, "St. Kliment Ohridski”, Bulgaria. Co-editor of Heidegger on Technology (Routledge, 2018) and Towards a New Human Being (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019), he publishes frequently on Heidegger and Husserl, with research interests in hermeneutic phenomenology and existentialism.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Being, Nothingness and Anxiety. Mahon O'Brien.- Chapter 2. Heidegger: πάθος as the thing itself. Thomas Sheehan.- Chapter 3. The Affects of Rhetoric and Reconceiving the Nature of Possibility. Niall Keane.- Chapter 4. Angst and evidence: Shifting phenomenology's measure. Christos Hadjioannou.- Chapter 5. Missing in Action: Affectivity in Being and Time, Daniel O. Dahlstrom.- Chapter 6. Affect and Authenticity: Three Heideggerian Models of Owned Emotion. Denis McManus.- Chapter 7. Finding Oneself, Called. Katherine Withy.- Chapter 8. Is Profound Boredom Boredom?. Andreas Elpidorou & Lauren Freeman.- Chapter 9. Truth, Errancy, and Bodily Dispositions in Heidegger's Thought. Daniela Vallega-New.- Chapter 10. Love as Passion: epistemic and existential aspects of Heidegger's unknown concept. Tatjana Noemi Tömmel.- Chapter 11. The Ethics of Moods. Francois Raffoul.- Chapter 12. Heidegger and the Affective (un)grounding of Politics. Jan Slaby & Gerhard Thonhauser.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“Heidegger on Affect is a tremendously rewarding volume. Eminent Heidegger scholars and philosophers explore the intertwined dimensions of affective phenomena in clear language and from an impressive variety of perspectives. Some essays focus on Heidegger’s interpretation of affective phenomena at different stages in his thinking; others highlight Heidegger’s contribution to our understanding of the place of affect in epistemology, moral psychology, philosophy of mind, ethics, politics, and metaphysics. All repay close study.” (Steven Crowell, Professor of Philosophy, Rice University, USA)

“Heidegger’s explorations of affect or “attunement” are an essential part of his challenge to predominant Western traditions. The alert and inquisitive essays in this collection show that Heidegger’s thoughts not only offer opportunities for deeper psychological insight, but also raise crucial questions about being, knowledge, ethics, and politics.” (Richard Polt, Professor of Philosophy, Xavier University, USA)

Editorial Reviews

This collection can be considered a major contribution to its own field, one that simultaneously invites further productive engagement with the theme from anyone interested in what Heidegger brings to bear on affects (be it from within the field or from without). The volume’s efficacy lies in seriously considering how affects are existentially pertinent to human beings, deepening the widely-held intuition that they are. For that reason, it is of considerable merit and should be of interest to many.” (Tijmen Lansdaal, Phenomenological Reviews, December 10, 2019)

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