Title: Human being /
Authors: Langan, Thomas.; Calcagno, Antonio, 1969-
Publisher: University of Missouri Press,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Philosophical anthropology.
Abstract: "Langan draws on a lifetime of study to offer a new understanding of the central question of our existence, turning to phenomenology and philosophical anthropology to help us better understand who we are as individuals and communities and what makes us act the way we do"--Provided by publisher.
Contents: On the task of becoming human -- The love of wisdom -- Time and worlds : shades of Marburg, Freiburg, and the "left bank" -- Dynamic freedom and the finite structure of human existence as character -- Imagination -- Analogical thinking as a tool for understanding why are we so weird and what can we do about it? -- Love : an example of "a way's" lighting the path -- Balance and integration.