From: "Matthew Thrond" <mthrond-AT-hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Dasien, a question
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 15:45:14 PST


I realized I didn't answer your question.  Dasein, I think, means the 
authentic self (as opposed to das Mann, the public self).  As a tool of 
social inquiry, don't you think David Riesman's The Lonely Crowd (circa 
1950) constitutes an attempt to make the idea work, whether in fact 
Riesman uses those terms or not?

MT




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>Do you mind if I ask you a question?
>
>I have recently become interested in the idea of "Dasein" (after
>Heidegger) as a possible method or perspective for inquiry into social
>phenomena.
>
>The introduction by Dreyfus in Foucault's "Mental Illness and 
Psychology"
>indicated that 1) Foucault used this method as a critique of
>psychoanalysis, and 2) this work was not necessarily typical of 
Foucalt's
>later works.  Not being very familiar with Foucault I'm not sure what 
to
>make of that disclaimer, but the idea interests me nonetheless,...
>
>So first of all, does anyone know of a good accessable description of 
the
>concept of Dasein, and second, does anyone know of a few good works by 
any
>author that demonstrates the use of this Dasein in practice?
>
>Many thanks,
>
>PMK
>
>"Why no officer, that isn't my smoking gun in my hand.  Why do you 
ask?"
>
>               --Onan, son of Judah (Gen 38:9)
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