The primary task of my dissertation is to analyze Heidegger's thought of 'community' from his early concept of 'being-in-the-world-with-one-another' to his later concept of Ereignis (occurrence of appropriation), with an aim to show how Heidegger's thought of community constitutes one of the most important aspects of his inquiry into being First of all, I use Heidegger's criticism of both Kant's attempt of proving the existence of the external world and Husserl's transcendental intentionality to clarify how Heidegger's concept of Dasein as 'being-in-the-world-with-one-another' distinguishes itself from those philosophies of subjectivity in the modern history and thus starts a new, post-subjective way of thinking. In defense of my interpretation I argue with some American pragmatists who misinterpreted Heidegger's Dasein as a 'practical agent' or 'subject of action,' and with Jurgen Habermas who claimed that there is an essential inconsistency between Heidegger's anti-subjective 'world-analysis' and his subjective 'who-analysis.' Secondly, I try to show that Heidegger' s thought of 'community' culminates in his later concept of Ereignis, which is based on his understanding of the essence of truth as untruth, i.e., Geheimnis (mysterious home), and is interpreted as both 'belonging-together' (Zusammengehoren) and 'setting-apart-from-one-another' (Aus-einander-setzung). Compared with the concept of 'being-in-the-world-with-one-another,' which is still Dasein oriented, the concept of Ereignis is being oriented. Because of this, I argue that Heidegger's Ereignis as community is not only a 'human community' but also a 'cosmo-logos community,' which is a humanistic but anti-anthropocentric fourfold (Geviert) Finally, I present some critical discussions of Heidegger's ontological holism, of the 'holy' character of Heidegger' s cosmo-logos community, and a brief comparison between Heidegger's and the traditional Confucian idea of the relation between individual human beings, nature and community. By doing these, I attempt to show both the limitations of and some future possibilities for enrichment of Heidegger's way of thinking of community / acase@tulane.edu
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TULANE/oai:http://digitallibrary.tulane.edu/:tulane_25841 |
| Date | January 1994 |
| Contributors | Wang, Qingjie (Author), Zimmerman, Michael E (Thesis advisor) |
| Publisher | Tulane University |
| Source Sets | Tulane University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | Access requires a license to the Dissertations and Theses (ProQuest) database., Copyright is in accordance with U.S. Copyright law |
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