The Family and its Ethos. A Philosophical Case Study in Ontologico-Historical Understanding
Abstract
This paper attempts an investigation of the system of references and interdependencies linking historical and ontological concerns to one another in the context of family life as we know it today. The results are examined with a view to establishing their implications for some broader issues pertaining to post-Heideggerian phenomenology, critical social theory (Adorno), and post-Wittgensteinian philosophy of language. Finally, the distinctive form of intelligibility presented here is compared to the conception of ethos presented in Aristotle’s account of rhetorical practice.
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