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Species‐being, teleology and individuality part III: Alienation and self‐realisation the physiognomy of the human

Species‐being, teleology and individuality part III: Alienation and self‐realisation the... Angelaki: journal of the theoretical humanities 3:1 1998 n the first part of this paper, I concentrated upon the issue of rendering perspicuous Marx's reasons for defining human beings as species-beings by explaining how hi s seemingly uncontroversial characterisation of human beings as a particular kind of animal generates extreme- ly controversial conclusions about the nature of human development and fulfilment. In the sec- ond part, I took a step away from this attempt to Stephen mulhall make Marx's position coherent and plausible from within, in order to identify the degree to which his conception of species-being is congru- SPECIES-BEING, ent with Kant's account of huma n nature and ful- filment. If the degree of that congruence is as TELEOLOGY AND high as I have claimed, then we have twice the INDIVIDUALITY incentive to explore what it is about ordinary PART II I human behaviour and experience that might lead a thinker to define human fulfilment in terms of practical activity of a certain sort. What is it ALIENATION AND about our everyday awareness of ourselves as active beings, as beings engaged in many and var- SELF-REALISATION ied forms of practical activity, that might seem to constitute a revelation http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Angelaki: Journal of Theoretical Humanities Taylor & Francis

Species‐being, teleology and individuality part III: Alienation and self‐realisation the physiognomy of the human

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Species‐being, teleology and individuality part III: Alienation and self‐realisation the physiognomy of the human

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Angelaki: journal of the theoretical humanities 3:1 1998 n the first part of this paper, I concentrated upon the issue of rendering perspicuous Marx's reasons for defining human beings as species-beings by explaining how hi s seemingly uncontroversial characterisation of human beings as a particular kind of animal generates extreme- ly controversial conclusions about the nature of human development and fulfilment. In the sec- ond part, I took a step away from this attempt to Stephen...
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Angelaki: journal of the theoretical humanities 3:1 1998 n the first part of this paper, I concentrated upon the issue of rendering perspicuous Marx's reasons for defining human beings as species-beings by explaining how hi s seemingly uncontroversial characterisation of human beings as a particular kind of animal generates extreme- ly controversial conclusions about the nature of human development and fulfilment. In the sec- ond part, I took a step away from this attempt to Stephen mulhall make Marx's position coherent and plausible from within, in order to identify the degree to which his conception of species-being is congru- SPECIES-BEING, ent with Kant's account of huma n nature and ful- filment. If the degree of that congruence is as TELEOLOGY AND high as I have claimed, then we have twice the INDIVIDUALITY incentive to explore what it is about ordinary PART II I human behaviour and experience that might lead a thinker to define human fulfilment in terms of practical activity of a certain sort. What is it ALIENATION AND about our everyday awareness of ourselves as active beings, as beings engaged in many and var- SELF-REALISATION ied forms of practical activity, that might seem to constitute a revelation

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Angelaki: Journal of Theoretical Humanities – Taylor & Francis

Published: Apr 1, 1998

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