Commemorating Epimetheus (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781557534972)

Epimetheus has largely been forgotten, and yet, he was once credited with bringing humans into the world naked, unshod, without bed, and unarmed. Rather than view this condition as one of deficiency to be covered over through some kind of technical artifice, Commemorating Epimetheus describes the human condition positively in terms of its state of origin. In other words, Amis seeks to articulate the goodness of fragility. The goodness of our fragility is approached phenomenologically and described in terms of sharing, caring, meeting, dwelling, and loving. These ways of existing with one another are not merely accidental characteristics of human beings or accidental characteristics of our relations with one another, but are inherently human. That is, we come into the world dependent on the care of others; we come to share in humanness through their care, and their care enables us to meet others, dwell with others, and, perhaps, love others. Commemorating Epimetheus investigates being human in terms of our relationships with one another.

Author: Les Amis
ISBN-10: 1557534977
ISBN-13: 9781557534972
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2008
Pages: 100
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.40d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2008 pg. 13