On Time, Being, And Hunger [electronic resource] : Challenging the Traditional Way of Thinking Life
Garrido, Juan Manuel.
Garrido, Juan-Manuel.Author
New York : Fordham University Press,
2012.
The traditional way of understanding life, as a self-appropriating and self-organizing process of not ceasing to exist, of taking care of oneGs own hunger, is challenged by todayGs unprecedented proliferation of discourses and techniques concerning the living being. This challenge entails questioning the fundamental concepts of metaphysical thinking, namely, time, finality, and, above all, being. Garrido argues that today we are in a position to repeat NietzscheGs assertion that there is no other representation of GbeingG than that of Gliving.G But in order to carry out this deconstruction of 
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Cover ; Contents ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; Bibliography ; Index
The traditional way of understanding life, as a self-appropriating and self-organizing process of not ceasing to exist, of taking care of oneGs own hunger, is challenged by todayGs unprecedented proliferation of discourses and techniques concerning the living being. This challenge entails questioning the fundamental concepts of metaphysical thinking, namely, time, finality, and, above all, being. Garrido argues that today we are in a position to repeat NietzscheGs assertion that there is no other representation of GbeingG than that of Gliving.G But in order to carry out this deconstruction of 
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Hunger.
Life.
Metaphysics.
Life
Hunger
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Philosophy & Religion
Speculative Philosophy