Man: His Nature and Place in the World by Arnold Gehlen
English | 1988 | ISBN: 0231052189 | 420 Pages | PDF | 24.3 MB
English | 1988 | ISBN: 0231052189 | 420 Pages | PDF | 24.3 MB
To find this book translated to English was as to find a treasure. Gehlen's discussion ranges widely from ethnology to the origins of language, from psycology to symbolic interactionism, from de old to the new man. In contrast to animals, Gehlen said, human beings are "world-open" in the way to experiencing the world as other animals are not, being highly vulnerable to stimulation and impressions. This book has shown itself to be a reflexion on fundamental social philosophical issues as a firm component of philosophical knowledge.