Humanism, Resilience, and the Hermeneutics of Exemplary Figures
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https://doi.org/10.1558/eph.v20i2.3Keywords:
Dutch Humanism, Jaap van Praag, religionAbstract
Resuming the so-called ‘great campaign’ for resilience of Jaap van Praag, the founding father of contemporary Dutch humanism, this paper proposes (elements of) a hermeneutical theory that unveils, from a humanistic point of view, the possibility of a relational autonomous ‘will’ in the relationship with exemplary inspirational figures. It will be demonstrated that relational autonomy can be realized from a resilient position toward the heteronomous contagion of our daily life ‘will’ through mimesis, as it is understood in mimetic theory.
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2013-11-06
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Duyndam, J. (2013). Humanism, Resilience, and the Hermeneutics of Exemplary Figures. Essays in the Philosophy of Humanism, 20(2), 3-17. https://doi.org/10.1558/eph.v20i2.3
