Essays in the Philosophy of Humanism, VOL 20 (2) 2012

Humanism, Resilience, and the Hermeneutics of Exemplary Figures

Joachim Duyndam
Issued Date: 6 Nov 2013

Abstract


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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DOI: 10.1558/eph.v20i2.3

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