Between Daily Routine and Violent Protest Interpreting the Technicity of Action

Human action has a technical dimension. This book is a hermeneutic and social theoretical interpretation of how acquired capabilities and the means of action together shape the technicity of action. The enactment of individual, group, and institutional action is examined, drawing on situations rangi...

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Main Author Wolff, Ernst
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2021
Subjects
Action
Biography, Literature and Literary studies
c 1500 onwards to present day
Christianity
ethics
Ethics and moral philosophy
Ethik
Handeln
hermeneutics
Hermeneutik
History and Archaeology
History of religion
Literary studies: general
Literature: history and criticism
Medieval Western philosophy
Modern Western philosophy
Philosophical traditions and schools of thought
PHILOSOPHY
PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern
Philosophy and Religion
Religion and beliefs
Religion: general
technicity
Technik
Time period qualifiers
Topics in philosophy
Western philosophy from c 1800
Action
technicity
hermeneutics
ethics
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ISBN9783110725049
3110725045
3110725142
9783110725148
3110724979
9783110724974
DOI10.1515/9783110725049

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Summary:Human action has a technical dimension. This book is a hermeneutic and social theoretical interpretation of how acquired capabilities and the means of action together shape the technicity of action. The enactment of individual, group, and institutional action is examined, drawing on situations ranging from daily routine to the dilemmas of ethics and politics. This study opens a window on the technicity of responsibility and the tools of critique.
ISBN:9783110725049
3110725045
3110725142
9783110725148
3110724979
9783110724974
DOI:10.1515/9783110725049