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On Human Ambiguity

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The volume investigates how human existence is shaped by the tensions between activity and passivity, autonomy and dependence, immanence and transcendence. The central theme is the problematic natu...
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On Human Ambiguity explores the philosophical question of what it means to be human by examining the inherent ambiguity of subjectivity. Drawing on over two decades of work by Danish philosopher Arne Grøn, the volume investigates how human existence is shaped by the tensions between activity and passivity, autonomy and dependence, immanence and transcendence. The central theme is the problematic nature of subjectivity - not as a stable foundation, but as a dynamic, self-relating process marked by vulnerability, temporality, and relationality. Grøn's methodological approach is phenomenological-hermeneutic and existential, combining historical-contextual analysis with dialectical reflection. The book engages critically with key figures in Western philosophy - including Descartes, Kant, Hegel, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Levinas - and integrates perspectives from theology, ethics, religious studies, psychology, and art theory. It develops an interdisciplinary framework that reformulates the metaphysical problematic of subjectivity and advances existential hermeneutics as an indispensable mode of philosophical inquiry. The volume's findings emphasize that subjectivity is always embedded in context, exposed to alterity, and shaped by imagination, memory, and ethical responsibility. Religion is not merely an object of philosophical inquiry but a perspective that challenges rationality and reveals the limits of ethical understanding, especially in confronting liminal experiences such as guilt, forgiveness, and trauma.
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Price: £105.80
Pages: 500
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Imprint: Mohr Siebeck
Series: Religion in Philosophy and Theology
Publication Date: 30 April 2026
ISBN: 9783161633416
Format: Paperback
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RELIGION / Theology, Theology, Philosophy of religion, Christianity

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Foreword Ambiguous Subjectivity: On the Limits of Human Understanding Part 1 - Ambiguity of Subjectivity 1. Subjektivität: Begriff und Problem 2. Homo subiectus 3. Subjectivity, Passion and Passivity 4. Imagination and Subjectivity 5. Subjectivity and Transcendence: Problems and Perspectives Part 2 - The Challenge of Religion 6. Religion und Subjektivität - in existenzieller und pragmatischer Perspektive 7. Die Aufgabe der Religionsphilosophie 8. Religion as a Philosophical Challenge 9. Beyond? - Horizon, Immanence, and Transcendence 10. Jenseits? Nietzsches Religionskritik Revisited. 11. Im Horizont des Unendlichen. Religionskritik nach Nietzsche Part 3 - Hermeneutics, Trust, and Limits 12. Kommunikation. Entre nous 13. Widerfahrnis und Verstehen 14. Die hermeneutische Situation - die Hermeneutik der Situation 15. Eindruck - Ausdruck 16. Trust, Sociality, Selfhood 17. Grenzen des Vertrauens 18. Picturing Forgiveness after Atrocity 19. The Limit of Ethics - The Ethics of the Limit Part 4 - Time, Transcendence, and Liminality 20. Erinnerung und Nachdenken 21. Time and History 22. Time and Transcendence: Religion and Ethics 23. Religion and (In)humanity 24. Das Bild und das Heilige 25. Unanschaulich. Tod, Zeit, Antlitz