Death and the form of life

IF 2.3 1区 社会学 Q2 SOCIOLOGY European Journal of Social Theory Pub Date : 2021-06-16 DOI:10.1177/13684310211024534
F. Bowring
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This article explores the relevance of death to the value of life. After a preliminary discussion of the human experience of mortality, I consider Heidegger’s argument that death is a condition of authenticity, Sartre’s claim that death is an externality that is irrelevant because it cannot be lived and Simmel’s theory that death is a boundary that is transcended by life. While all theories have their merits, I suggest that Simmel’s approach, which articulates well with Levinas’s ethical critique of Heidegger, offers important insight into our responsibility for other people and for the survival of other forms of life.
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死亡和生命的形式
这篇文章探讨了死亡与生命价值的相关性。在初步讨论了人类对死亡的体验之后,我考虑了海德格尔关于死亡是真实性条件的论点,萨特关于死亡是无关紧要的外部性的主张,因为它不能活下去,以及齐美尔关于死亡是被生命超越的边界的理论。虽然所有理论都有其优点,但我认为齐美尔的方法与列维纳斯对海德格尔的伦理批判很好地结合在一起,为我们对他人的责任和其他形式的生命的生存提供了重要的见解。
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期刊介绍: An internationally respected journal with a wide-reaching conception of social theory, the European Journal of Social Theory brings together social theorists and theoretically-minded social scientists with the objective of making social theory relevant to the challenges facing the social sciences in the 21st century. The European Journal of Social Theory aims to be a worldwide forum of social thought. The Journal welcomes articles on all aspects of the social, covering the whole range of contemporary debates in social theory. Reflecting some of the commonalities in European intellectual life, contributors might discuss the theoretical contexts of issues such as the nation state, democracy, citizenship, risk; identity, social divisions, violence, gender and knowledge.
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