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Daniel Chernilo
Daniel Chernilo
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Debating Humanity
Towards a Philosophical Sociology
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Index

Locators in bold refer to figures and tables. Names as subentries refer to influence, critiques, interpretations and relationships of that person with the main subject.

abortion 206–209, 211–212, 218–223, 226
accountability 142; see also responsibility
action
Arendt 64, 65
Parsons 88, 99–100, 101
active beings, Arendt 66
active life 64–65, 78–79, 82, 86
adaptation 1, 19, 87–89, 94, 107, 229; see also Parsons, T.
AGIL model 89–99
health and illness 104–110
media theory 106–110
social systems 99–104, 106–110
agape 216–218
agency, and social structure 181–184; see also autonomy
AGIL model (adaptation, goal attainment, integration, latency) 89–99, 107–108
alienation 5, 8, 77
Althusser, L. 11, 23–24, 34
analytical realism 89
animal laborans 66, 68–69, 82–83
animalitas 40–44
anthropocentrism 18–19, 63, 234–236
Archer 195–198
Habermas 139
Heidegger 39–40, 46
Jonas 117, 121, 122–129
Parsons 89, 93–99, 110
Sartre 33–34, 35
anthropological traits 1
anthropology, philosophical 3–7, 30–32, 229
Boltanski 209, 213
Habermas 138, 148
human need for 230–231
applied ethics 111; see also ethics
Archer, M. S. 1, 20–21, 181–184, 229; see also reflexivity
autonomy 189–190, 198–205
orders of reality 188, 191–198, 200–202
principle of humanity 184–190
Arendt, H. 1, 19, 64–65, 230; see also self-transcendence
Heidegger 80–82
modernity 82–86
relationships between humans and the world 65–71
thinking/thought 77–82
utilitarianism 71–77
artificial intelligence 16–18, 114, 138; see also cybernetics
Austin, J. L. 137
authenticity 60, 61; see also jargon of authenticity; truth/validity
authoritarian politics 31; see also totalitarian regimes
Arendt 84
Jonas 131–132
Taylor 177–178, 180
authorship, human 33–34, 35, 62–63
autonomy; see also agency; freedom
Archer 189–190, 198–205
reflexivity 201
Bachelard, G. 34, 195, 234
Baehr, P. 84
Beaufret, J. 25, 35
Beck, U. 199–200
behaviour, standards of 71
Being Human (Archer) 183, 198; see also reflexivity
Being and Nothingness (Sartre) 25, 30–32
Being and Time (Heidegger) 25–26, 30–32, 53
being in the world (Dasein) 25, 30–32, 36, 41, 49
Bendix, R. 10
biological organisms 17–18; see also organic references
Heidegger 40–44
Jonas 111
Parsons 89–90; see also AGIL model
biological reductionism 89–90
biological sciences 5–6; see also philosophical biology
biology, philosophical 111, 112–117, 119, 123–124; see also Jonas, H.
Blumenberg, H. 7, 15, 234–235; see also Copernican turn
Boden, M. 17
Boltanski, L. 1, 21, 206; see also reproduction of life
abortion 206–209, 211–212, 218–223, 226
justification 208–211, 213–216
love/agape 216–218
normative motifs 220, 221, 224–228
philosophical anthropology 213
self-transcendence 216
Bourdieu, P. 9–10, 37, 199–200, 215
Braidotti, R. 14–16
capitalism 5, 131–132
caring 15, 43, 44
Cassirer, E. 4, 120
categorical imperative of morality 171, 177–178, 204; see also Kant, I.
central conflation 181, 191, 199
Chernilo, D. 172, 179, 197, 214
Chomsky, N. 139, 143, 145, 146
Clark, A. 16–18
cognitive perspectives 16–18
Habermas 137, 153, 157–158
Sartre 33–34
communication 137, 138–144; see also language
communicative action 136, 137, 138, 143, 152; see also Theory of Communicative Action (Habermas); Habermas, J.
communicative competence 144–150, 157–158
communicative media 109; see also media theory
community 7, 75, 90, 107, 177
community, world 75–76, 84
‘concept of the self’ 187–188, 194–195
Connolly, W. 14, 180, 212
consciousness 137; see also reflexivity
consensual theory of truth 154–157; see also truth/validity
constitutive goods 168
constructivism 18–19, 207, 222–223
consumer society 83, 86
conversation, internal 184, 198–200, 201, 203–204; see also Archer, M.
Copernican turn 234–235
Cordero, R. 70, 157
cosmopolitan/ cosmopolitanism 47, 133, 134
cosmopolitan community, Kant’s moral theory 75–76
cosmos, moral 161–162, 176–177
Crisis of European Science, The (Husserl) 54
critical theory 49, 134, 142, 149, 158, 190, 209, 231
Critique of Dialectical Reason (Sartre) 25
‘critique of political economy’ 2–3
Critique of Judgment (Kant) 102
Laughing and Crying (Plessner) 7
culture 1, 3, 11, 35, 71, 89, 146, 159, 170, 181, 194, 202, 232
cybernetics 100, 114, 138; see also artificial intelligence
Dahrendorf, R. 7–10
Dasein 25, 30–32, 36, 41, 49
Decline of the West (Spengler) 6
death
and natality 129–133
Parsons 103–104
Death in the Western World (Parsons) 93, 103–104
deconstructivism 207, 222–223
Deleuze, G. 14, 26, 37, 51, 63
democracy
Derrida 55–56
Habermas 138
Jonas 131–132
De Mul, J 7
Derrida, J. 18–19, 23–24, 26–27, 50–61, 135–136
description; see also description and normativity
description and normativity 118, 133, 173, 209, 224, 227
descriptive sociology 224–228, 230
developmental psychology 140
dignity: see human dignity
discourse principle 130, 152, 154; see also language; Habermas, J.
‘downward’ conflation 181, 191, 199; see also Archer, M.
duality 21–22; see also plurality
Archer 187–188
Arendt 78
Boltanski 208, 218–223
Jonas 119–121
Durkheim, E. 2
dystopianism 15
economics, neo-classical 88
Einstein, A. 94
Elder-Vass, D. 181
elitism 15, 30, 33, 38, 45, 47, 60, 176
Heidegger 47, 61
Sartre 29–30
emancipation 3, 14, 47, 126
emotion 200–202, 203
empathy 32–33
empirical sociology. see scientific perspectives
ends and means, Kant’s moral theory 72–73; see also categorical imperative
Ends of Man, The (Derrida) 23–24, 26–27
Enlightenment, the 172, 209–210
environmental perspectives 124–125
Enquiry into the Modes of Existence, An (Latour) 212
epistemological position; see also scientific perspectives
Kant 102
sociology in relation to philosophy 2
equality/inequality 71, 129, 210–211
essentialism
abortion 207, 222
Habermas 140
ethics; see also morality
Jonas 111
naturalism 112–117, 118–121, 124–125
proceduralism 164–166, 172–173, 179, 204
realism 161–162
Eurocentrism 33, 55, 197
evaluations, strong; see strong evaluations
evil 127
evolutionary universals 89–99, 236; see also AGIL model; Parsons, T.
existential uncertainty 103–104, 233
existentialism 113
Existentialism Is a Humanism (Sartre) 18–19, 23–24, 27–35
expressive nature 170
extended mind thesis 16
exteriority 67
external reality 155; see also truth/validity
Family Idiot, The (Sartre) 24
Farías, V. 37
Faye, E. 37–38
field 37
Fine, R. 64
flesh 218–223
Foetal Condition, The (Boltanski) 208, 211–212
foetus, abortion 206–209, 211–212, 218–223, 226
Formation de L’Esprit Scientifique, La (Bachelard) 34, 195, 234
Foucault, M. 57, 135–136
foundationalism 34, 35
freedom; see also autonomy
Arendt 82–83
individual 2, 8, 13, 17, 20, 27, 32, 34, 52, 66, 69, 74, 80, 87, 95, 98, 103, 117, 129, 145, 159, 169, 176, 193
moral 4, 29, 68, 72, 75, 101, 125, 126, 127, 140, 152, 155, 161–168, 173–180, 190, 203, 204, 218, 227
Jonas 113–114
Sartre 28, 32, 61
Freud, S. 104
Fuller, S. 16, 90
functionalism 114
Gadamer, H.-G. 136
games, linguistic 153
Gehlen, A. 7
Geist (spirit) 52–55; see also self-transcendence
Giddens, A. 171, 182
Gnosticism 112–113
goal attainment 94, 107; see also AGIL model
God 102; see also religion; self-transcendence
good, the 162, 172–173
goods, constitutive 168
goods, moral 163
Gouldner, A. W. 87
Guattari, F. 14, 26, 37, 51, 63
Haar, M. 41–42
Habermas, J. 21, 130–131, 134–138; see also language
communicative competence 144–150
Heidegger 44–46
human communication 138–144
Jonas 130–131
truth/validity 150–158
habitus 37, 199–200
Haraway, D. 212
Harré, R. 182
health and illness 104–110
Hegel, G. 42, 52, 57, 77, 117, 162, 165, 172
Heidegger, M. 18–19, 23–24, 25–26, 30, 35–50, 233–234
Arendt 80–82
Jonas 112–113, 118
Sartre 30–32, 39
Heidegger and Nazism (Farías) 37
historicism 28, 181
homo faber
Arendt 66, 68–69, 71–77, 82–83
Jonas 117
homo oeconomicus 87, 161
homo significans 196
homo sociologicus 7–10, 121, 143
Honneth, A. 7, 191, 209
human authorship 33–34, 35, 62–63; see also anthropocentrism
human being; see also humanity
human communication 137, 138–144; see also language
human condition
Arendt 64–65
Parsons 90, 93–99, 108
Human Condition, The (Arendt) 64–65, 77
human dignity 236
Boltanski 211
Derrida 60
Kant’s moral theory 74–75
Sartre 33–34, 35, 61
human identity: see identity
Human Place in the Cosmos, The (Scheler) 4
human sociality, sixth sense 67–68
humanism 18–19, 23–24, 61–63, 236
Braidotti 14–16
Derrida 26–27, 50–61
Heidegger 25–26, 35–50
Sartre 24–25, 27–35
Taylor 172
humanist prejudice 234; see also anthropocentrism
humanitas 40, 46, 47, 49; see also Heidegger, M.
humanity; see also human beings; species being
principle of 231; see also universalistic principle of humanity
Archer 184–190
Boltanski 213, 218–223, 226
social sciences 233–234
human life 6, 7, 19–21, 30, 35, 40, 48, 62, 65, 67, 70, 79, 86, 89, 96–110, 111, 123–129, 132, 163, 180, 196, 206, 207, 219–223, 236
human nature 5, 7, 8, 10, 28, 65, 70, 85, 86, 91, 111, 123, 134, 157, 160, 171, 199, 219, 223, 233
human rights 53, 156
human species 28, 33, 74, 78, 87, 99, 138, 185, 221
Husserl, E. 6, 54
anthropocentrism 234
Habermas 150
Jonas 120
hypergoods 164–166
idealisation 142–143
idealism
identity
Archer 194–195
Taylor 159, 160, 175, 179; see also modern self; strong evaluations
illness 104–110
impartiality, Kant’s moral theory 75
imperative of responsibility 111, 124–125; see also responsibility, Jonas, H.
inclusivity 130–131
individual 32, 52, 66–74, 80, 87, 95, 106, 109, 160, 168–173, 208
individualism 27–28, 87
individuality
inequality 71, 129, 210–211
innate linguistic capacity 143
integration 94, 107–108; see also AGIL model
internal conversation 184, 198–200, 201, 203–204; see also Archer, M.
International Sociological Association 197
intersubjectivity 67–68
Habermas 137
Jonas 111
Sartre 27–28
irrationalism 135–136
jargon of authenticity 38
Jaspers, K. 45, 55, 85
Jews 28, 132
Jonas, H. 111–112; see also responsibility
Joas, H.
anthropocentrism 122–129
ethical naturalism 112–117
humanist values 118–121
natality 129–133
judging 64, 77–78
justice/justification 208–211, 213–216; see also Boltanski, L.
Justice in Robes (Dworkin) 225
Kant, I. 58–59, 230–231
Habermas 137, 143
Jonas 120, 131–132
moral theory 72–77
Parsons 101–103
Taylor 177–178
King, M. Luther 55
Klemperer. V. 52
Knowledge and Human Interest (Habermas) 134
labour 64, 65
language 1, 20, 134–138, 157–158, 229; see also linguistic perspectives; Habermas, J.
communicative competence 144–150
Heidegger 44–46
human communication 138–144
truth/validity 150–158
latency 94–95, 108; see also AGIL model
Latour, B. 11–14, 212
Lectures on Kant’s Political Philosophy (Arendt) 73
Letter on Humanism (Heidegger) 18–19, 23–24, 25–26, 35–50, 56–57, 81
Levinas, E. 23, 39, 46, 48, 49, 125, 211
Life of the Mind, The (Arendt) 64–65, 77
life, reproduction. see reproduction of life
lifeworld
Arendt 66
Boltanski 227
Habermas 150–158
linguistic perspectives
Archer 192–194, 199; see also internal conversation
Taylor 164
linguistic turn 136, 138–144; see also language
love 216–218
Löwith, K. 5, 38, 41, 116–117
Luhmann, N. 108–109, 234
Lyotard, J.-F. 26, 35, 37, 63
McCarthy, T. 134, 144, 154
Marcuse, H. 3, 49, 120, 172
Marquard, O. 7
Marx, K. 2–3, 5, 82
Marxism and Humanism (Merleau-Ponty) 22
material environment of objects 64, 65
materiality 83, 86
Mauss, M. 187, 198
Max Weber and Karl Marx (Löwith) 5
Mead, G. H. 140, 182
meaning, symbolic 137, 139–140
Meaning in History (Löwith) 175
means and ends, Kant’s moral theory 72–73
media theory 106–110
meditation 43, 44, 49
meta-communication 153–154
metaphysics 13, 25, 38–43, 50–62, 71, 81, 102, 111, 115, 120, 159, 160, 195, 209, 217
Mills, C.W.
Mills, J. S. 182
modern self, 159–160, 161, 169–174, 179; see also strong evaluations; Taylor, C.; self
modernity
Arendt 82–86
Heidegger 49
posthumanism 10–18
modus vivendi 191, 203–204
monotheism 70
moral goods 163
moral proceduralism 164–166, 172–173, 179, 204
moral theory, Kant 72–77
moral universe/cosmos 161–162, 176–177
morality and self, 160–169, 176–177; see also ethics; values
natality 129–133; see also Jonas, H.
natural environment 65
natural law 134, 170, 171–173
natural orders of reality 191–198, 202–203
naturalism; see also philosophical biology
Heidegger 40–44
Jonas 112–117, 118–121, 124–125, 127–128
Latour 11–14
racist 44
Taylor 167, 171–172, 176–177
nature 11, 12, 17, 19, 20, 35, 40
transcendental 102; see also self-transcendence
Nausea (Sartre) 24, 30
Nazism
Heidegger 31, 37, 51–56
Jonas 112–113
Taylor 176
networks 11–14
Nietzsche, F. 42, 46, 81, 166–167
nihilism 39–40; see also nothingness
normative ideas of humanity 33
normative motifs 1–2, 7–10, 230
Archer 188–189
Arendt 84–85
Boltanski 220, 221, 224–228
Habermas 142
Jonas 115, 118–121, 123
Latour 13
Parsons 92
Sartre 33–34
Taylor 161, 163, 164, 178–179
normativity; see also description and normativity
nothingness 39–40
Jonas 112–113, 118
Sartre 27
objectivity 118–121; see also scientific perspectives
obligation/oughts, ontological 128
On Justification (Boltanski and Thévenot) 208–211
Order of Things, The (Foucault) 57
orders of reality 188, 191–198, 200–202
ordinary life 170
organic references 233; see also biological organisms
Boltanski 226
Clark 17–18
Heidegger 40–44
Jonas 113–117
Parsons 89; see also AGIL model
Origins of Totalitarianism (Arendt) 84
oughts, ontological 128
parental project 220; see also reproduction of life
Parsons, T. 87–89; see also adaptation
AGIL model 89–99
health and illness 104–110
media theory 106–110
social systems 99–104, 106–110
particularity 12, 70, 76, 113, 157
performative order of reality 191–198
perpetual peace 47, 133, 134; see also Kant; cosmopolitanism
philosophers 21
philosophical anthropology; see anthropology, philosophical sociology
philosophical biology 111, 112–117, 119, 123–124
philosophical sociology 2, 7–10, 85, 88, 111–112
philosophy 231
and scientific perspectives 231–233
Piaget, J. 146
Plessner, H. 7
plurality; see also duality
Arendt 70–71, 78, 86
Jonas 131–132
Taylor 174, 178–179
political economy, critique of 2–3
political equality 71, 129, 210–211
positivism 2
posthumanism 10–18, 190
postmetaphysical 135
Postmetaphysical Thinking (Habermas) 6
postmodernism 197
power theories
Boltanski 215–216, 220
Taylor 166–167
practical order of reality 191–198
principle of humanity: see humanity
Principle of Hope (Bloch) 126
pristine nature 170, 172
private and public 138, 157–158
proceduralism, ethical 164–166, 172–173, 179, 204
progress 34, 74, 126, 130, 214
racist naturalism 44; see also Nazism
radical subjectivism 170; see also subjectivism
rationality 203; see also objectivity
Rawls, J. 130–131
realism, ethical 161–162
Realist Social Theory (Archer) 182, 184; see also reflexivity
reality, external 155; see also truth/validity
reconciliation, humanism 34, 43, 60–61, 62
Rectorship Address (Heidegger) 53
reductionism, biological 89–90
Reflexive Imperative in Late Modernity, The (Archer) 198
reflexivity 1, 20–21, 181–184, 229; see also Archer, M.
autonomy 189–190, 198–205
Habermas 153–154
orders of reality 188, 191–198, 200–202
principle of humanity 184–190
relativism 233
Habermas 136, 155
Heidegger 39–40
Kant 102
Sartre 28
religion 92; see also God; self-transcendence
renewal 86
reproduction of life 1, 21, 206, 229; see also Boltanski, L.
abortion 206–209, 211–212, 218–223, 226
justification 208–211, 213–216
love/agape 216–218
normative motifs 220, 221, 224–228
philosophical anthropology 213
self-transcendence 216
responsibility 1, 19–20, 111–112, 122–129, 229; see also Jonas, H.
anthropocentrism 122–129
Derrida 52–53
ethical naturalism 112–117
Habermas 142
humanist values 118–121
imperative of 111, 124–125
natality 129–133
Sartre 32
robots 16–18; see also cybernetics
Rockmore, T. 36, 37–38
Rorty, R. 137, 168, 182
Rose, G. 17, 172
Rousseau, J. 170, 171
Saint Genet (Sartre) 24
Sartre, J.-P. 18–19, 23–24, 27–35, 39, 233–234; see also Existentialism Is a Humanism; humanism; anthropocentrism
Savage Mind, The (Levi-Strauss) 23
scandal of reason 73, 230–231, 233; see also thinking/thought
Scheler, M. 4, 17
Schelsky, H. 7
Science and Technology as Ideology (Habermas) 138
scientific perspectives 2, 4, 6; see also anthropology; sociology/ social sciences
Archer 188–189, 196
Derrida 58
Jonas 119–121, 123–124
Parsons 100, 109–110
and philosophy 231–233
Searle, J. 17, 139
Second World War 7
self
morality and 160–169, 176–177
sense and concept of 187–188, 191, 194–195
self-awareness 186; see also reflexivity
self-knowledge 232–233; see also reflexivity
self-legislation 129–130, 132–133
self-preservation 116–117, 132–133
self-transcendence 1, 19, 64–65, 68–69, 229, 231; see also Arendt, H.
Archer 199; see also reflexivity
Boltanski 209–210, 216
Derrida 60
Habermas 143
Jonas 116–117, 121, 122
Kant 72–77
modernity 82–86
nature, god and the soul 102
relationships between humans and the world 65–71
Sartre 30
Taylor 163
thinking/thought 77–82
utilitarianism 71–77
self-worth 191, 202
sense of self 187–188, 191, 194–195
Sense and Non-sense (Merleau-Ponty)
sick role 104–110
Simmel, G.
sixth sense, human sociality 67–68
Sloterdijk, P.
social bond 216
social constructivism 18–19, 207, 222–223
social imaginaries 163
social inequality 71, 129, 210–211
social life 2, 9, 10, 62, 82, 85, 101, 112, 126, 136, 142, 162, 183–194, 204, 212–218, 230
social media 109; see also media theory
social mobility 201
social relations 70, 84, 87, 89, 110, 111, 194, 213, 218
social sciences. see sociology/ social sciences
social structure, and agency 181–184
Social System, The (Parsons) 87–89
social systems
Jonas 111–112
media theory 106–110
Parsons 99–104
social theory 3, 21, 33, 134, 137, 159, 182–188, 191, 206
socialisation. see adaptation
sociality, human 67–68
societal community 90, 107–108
society 1, 3, 8, 12, 15, 29, 35–38, 48, 76, 77, 83, 87–99, 106–108, 111, 120–128, 134, 169–199, 200–205, 209–222, 227
modern 36, 38, 50, 77, 83, 84, 149, 169, 217
theory of 111, 134, 140, 149, 153, 158
Western 159
sociality 186, 212, 216
sociocultural environments, action and speech 65
sociologists 21
sociology/ social sciences 7–10
descriptive vs normative 224–228
abortion 207
Archer 188–189, 199
Arendt 83–86
philosophical 2–3, 7–10, 85, 88, 111–112
principle of humanity 233–234
Taylor 171
Sociology and Human Nature (Dahrendorf) 7
soul 102; see also self-transcendence
Sources of the Self (Taylor) 159–160, 169, 175, 178; see also strong evaluations
speech act theory 65, 137; see also communicative action; language
species being; see also human being; humanity
Spheres of Justice (Walzer) 208–211
spirit (Geist) 52–55; see also self-transcendence
standards of behaviour 71
Strauss, L. 23, 71, 84, 85, 161
strong evaluations 1, 20, 159–160, 203, 229; see also Taylor, C.
critical assessment of 174–180
modern self 169–174, 179
morality and self 160–169, 176–177
structural functionalism 87
structure, and agency 181–184
Structure of Social Action (Parsons) 100
subjectivism 27, 35, 39; see also reflexivity
Archer 181, 183, 196, 198
Heidegger 39–40, 53, 81
Sartre 27–28, 35
Taylor 170
suicide 131–132
symbiotic mechanisms 109
symbolism/symbolic
meaning 137, 139–140
media 106–110
violence 37
system of action 99; see also action
Taylor, C. 159–160; see also string evaluations
critical assessment of 174–180
modern self 169–174, 179
morality and self 160–169, 176–177
technology
Boltanski 221
Heidegger 48
Sartre 35
teleology
Temps Modernes, Les journal 31
terror 173
theology 232, 234
Theory and Practice (Habermas) 134
Theory of Communicative Action (Habermas) 138, 141, 148–150, 157
Thévenot, L. 21, 208–210, 217
thinking/thought 64; see also vita contemplativa
Arendt 77–82
experiments 18
Tillich, P. 176
Tönnies, F. 232
totalitarian regimes; see also authoritarian politics
Arendt 84
Taylor 177–178, 180
transcendental ordering 108; see also self-transcendence
transvaluation 14, 46, 166–167, 203; see also values
tripartite classification, plants, animals and humans 4, 17; see also philosophical anthropology
truth/validity 137, 141, 150–158
Turing, A. 16, 17, 146, 200
ultimate concerns 194, 203; see also Archer, M.; Taylor, C.
uncertainty, existential 103–104, 233
universal empathy 32–33
universal pragmatics 135, 146, 147–148, 149, 154–157; see also Habermas, J.
universalism 33, 91, 93, 133, 135, 156, 160, 165, 169, 178, 180, 204, 211
cultural 91, 93, 211
procedural 166
universalistic principle of humanity 1, 4–5, 230, 236; see also evolutionary universals
Archer 184–190, 197
Boltanski 210–211
Jonas 126
Sartre 32–33
Taylor 164
universe/cosmos, moral 161–162, 176–177
unworldliness 78
upward conflation 181, 191, 199; see also Archer, M.
utilitarianism
Archer 203
Arendt 71–77
validity/truth 137, 141, 150–158; see also Habermas, J.
values 18–19; see also ethics; morality
Jonas 118–121
Sartre 28, 29
Taylor 161
transvaluation 14, 46, 166–167, 203
violence, symbolic 37
vis medicatrix 105
vita activa 64–65, 78–79, 82, 86; see also Arendt, H.
vita contemplativa 64–65, 77–79, 82, 86; see also thinking/thought
Voegelin, E. 52, 71, 84, 113, 232
Wagner, P. S. 171, 208
We Have Never Been Modern (Latour) 13
Weber, M. 2, 5
What Is Called Thinking? (Heidegger) 81
What Is Literature? (Sartre) 32
Whitehead, A. N. 89
Wiener, N. 94, 138
will-not-to-will 81–82
willing 64, 77–78
withdrawal 86
Wolin, R. 51, 112, 116
work 64, 65
world community 75–76, 84
Wrong. D. 87

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