Augenblick: The Concept of the 'Decisive Moment' in 19th- and 20th-Century Western Philosophy (Ashgate New Critical Thinking in Philosophy)

Augenblick, meaning literally 'In the blink of an eye', describes a 'decisive moment' in time that is both fleeting yet momentously eventful, even epoch-makingly significant. In this book, Koral Ward investigates the development of the concept into one of the core ideas in Western existential philosophy alongside such concepts as anxiety and individual freedom.Ward examines the whole extent of the idea of the 'decisive moment', in which an individual's entire life-project is open to a radical reorientation. From its inception in Kierkegaard's works to the writings of Jaspers and Heidegger, she draws on a vast array of sources beyond just the standard figures of 19th and 20th century Continental philosophy, finding ideas and examples in photography, cinema, music, art, and the modern novel. "Augenblick, meaning literally 'in the blink of an eye', describes a 'decisive moment' in time that is both fleeting yet momentously eventful, even epoch-makingly significant. In this book Koral Ward investigates the development of the concept into one of the core ideas in Western existential philosophy alongside such concepts as anxiety and individual freedom." "Ward examines the whole extent of the idea of the 'decisive moment', in which an individual's entire life-project is open to a radical reorientation. From its inception in Kierkegaard's works to the writings of Jaspers and Heidegger, she draws on a vast array of sources beyond just the standard figures of 19th-and 20th-century Continental philosophy, finding ideas and examples in photography, cinema, music, art, and the modern novel."--BOOK JACKET Augenblick, meaning literally 'In the blink of an eye', describes a 'decisive moment' in time that is both fleeting yet momentously eventful, even epoch-makingly significant. In this book, Koral Ward investigates the development of the concept into one of the core ideas in Western existential philosophy alongside such concepts as anxiety and individual freedom. Ward examines the whole extent of the idea of the 'decisive moment', in which an individual's entire life-project is open to a radical reorientation. From its inception in Kierkegaard's works to the writings of Jaspers and Heidegger, she draws on a vast array of sources beyond just the standard figures of 19th and 20th century Continental philosophy, finding ideas and examples in photography, cinema, music, art, and the modern novel Contents......Page 6 Preface and Acknowledgements......Page 8 Foreword......Page 12 1 Of Time and The Eternal, Søren Kierkegaard’s Moment [Øieblik]......Page 18 2 The Gateway named Augenblick: its place in Friedrich Nietzsche’s concept of Eternal Return......Page 52 3 Karl Jaspers’ ‘pure eye’ of the ‘fleeting moment’......Page 86 4 Martin Heidegger’s Augenblick as ‘moment of vision’, and the Redemption of Being......Page 114 5 Henri Cartier-Bresson’s Images à la Sauvette [Images on the Run], and the Image as Still......Page 142 6 A Decisive Epoch and the ‘Existential Moment’ [der Augenblick der Existenz] in Art......Page 166 Conclusion......Page 192 Bibliography......Page 198 Index......Page 204 Augenblick, meaning literally 'In the blink of an eye', describes a 'decisive moment' in time that is fleeting, yet momentously eventful and incredibly significant. In this book, Koral Ward investigates the development of the concept into one of the core ideas in Western existential philosophy, alongside such concepts as anxiety and individual freedom. From its inception of this idea in Kierkegaard's works and the writings of Jaspers and Heidegger, Ward draws on a vast array of sources beyond just the standard figures of 19th and 20th century Continental philosophy, finding ideas and examples Of Time And The Eternal, Søren Kierkegaards Moment -- The Gateway Named Augenblick : Its Place In Friedrich Nietzsches Concept Of Eternal Return -- Karl Jaspers' 'pure Eye' Of The 'fleeting Moment' -- Martin Heidegger's Augenblick As 'moment Of Vision', And The Redemption Of Being -- Henri Cartier-bresson's Images à La Sauvette [images On The Runs], The Image As Still -- A Decisive Epoch And An 'existential Moment' [der Augenblick Der Existenz] In Art. Koral Ward. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [181]-186) And Index. Of time and the eternal, Søren Kierkegaards moment The gateway named Augenblick : its place in Friedrich Nietzsches concept of eternal return Karl Jaspers pure eye of the fleeting moment Martin Heideggers Augenblick or moment of vision, and the redemption of being Images à la sauvette, Henri Cartier-Bresson and the still now A decisive epoch and an existential moment in art.