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  • About
  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Queer Faith, Wyrd Hope, Loving Struggle: A Reconsideration and Application of Karl Jaspers' Existenzphilosophie as Liberatory Praxis

Brown, Keith Wayne 05 1900 (has links)
This dissertation delves into the oldest of all philosophical practices: Know thyself. Via a set of self-deconstructive reflections, the work explores the dynamics of existence within the context of marginalized communities, particularly focusing on queer liberation. To do this, the research introduces the concept of "transisting," a term inspired by eschewing mere resistance in order to self-disclose a path for overcoming customary structures of the everyday. Using the Existenzphilosophie of Karl Jaspers in light of Queer Theory, "transistance" provides a philosophical stance that transcends reactionary dynamics and encourages equanimity and overstanding (as opposed to understanding) the status quo. Providing a general overview of phenomenology and a focused perspective on Jaspers' notion of "ultimate boundaries" (or "limit situations"), the dissertation weaves together personal narratives, philosophical discourse, and a critique of contemporary societal norms on the way to a new kind of descriptor: "Wyrding," or the liberatory praxis of self-actualization that lives through weaving wandering wonderment.

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