A Phenomenology of Transcendence : Edith Stein and the Lack of Authentic Otherness in Martin Heidegger’s Being and Time
2017 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 20 credits / 30 HE credits
Student thesis
Abstract [en]
This essay aims to shed light upon the philosophical dignity of Edith Stein’s critique of the early Heideggerian conception of sociality in her text ”Martin Heideggers Existenzphilosophie”, from 1936. I will argue that Stein’s critique of Heidegger’s concept of sociality comes to be substantiated through her existential-philosophical approach to his understanding of the transcendent character of Dasein. By objecting to Heidegger’s definition of Dasein as ecstatic temporality, Stein points out his inattentiveness to authentic otherness in Being and Time, which reaches out into a problem surrounding Mitsein. I will further demonstrate how Stein, by ascribing to Dasein an enduring and sustaining quality in the midst of ecstasy, uses Heidegger’s concept of Dasein in order to formulate her own social ontology.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2017. , p. 47
Keywords [en]
Edith Stein, Martin Heidegger, phenomenology, Martin Heidegger's Existential Philosophy, Being and Time, social ontology, Dasein, Mitsein, beyond the beyond, authentic otherness, sustaining
National Category
Philosophy Philosophy, Ethics and Religion
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-32350OAI: oai:DiVA.org:sh-32350DiVA, id: diva2:1087327
Subject / course
Philosophy
Uppsok
Humanities, Theology
Supervisors
Examiners
2017-04-062017-04-062017-04-06Bibliographically approved