The Erotic Attitude Toward Nature and Cognitive Existentialism

Telos: Critical Theory of the Contemporary 2010 (152):145-160 (2010)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

ExcerptI. Marcuse's “New Science”In his celebrated critique of “technological rationality,” Herbert Marcuse pleads for a “new science” in which an “erotic” attitude toward nature would permit the entities of the natural world to transform in such a manner that they become free to be what they are. Following this line of reasoning in Eros and Civilization, he reaches the conclusion: “To be what they are they depend on the erotic attitude: they receive their telos only in it.”1 In addition, the erotic attitude will reveal aesthetic qualities inherent in nature. This view implies a revolutionary change…

Other Versions

reprint Ginev, D. (2010) "The Erotic Attitude Toward Nature and Cognitive Existentialism". Télos 2010(152):145-160

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 101,174

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

Analytics

Added to PP
2013-11-03

Downloads
57 (#378,204)

6 months
7 (#718,806)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Citations of this work

Add more citations

References found in this work

Natural science as a hermeneutic of instrumentation.Patrick Heelan - 1983 - Philosophy of Science 50 (2):181-204.
Baconian Science: A Hermaphroditic Birth.Evelyn Fox Keller - 1980 - Philosophical Forum 11 (3):299.

Add more references