ON SPATIALITY AND THE PROBLEM OF THE BODY IN HEIDEGGER’S BEING AND TIME

Number: 22 September 1, 2016
  • Başak Keki
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ON SPATIALITY AND THE PROBLEM OF THE BODY IN HEIDEGGER’S BEING AND TIME

Abstract

This paper evaluates and criticizes Martin Heidegger’s account of space and spatiality as offered in his Being and Time, predominantly in sections 22-24 of Chapter III. Heidegger’s basic argument is that everyday space is structured by Dasein’s concerns. After exploring this theme, it will be argued that Heidegger’s account of spatiality is vague and unsatisfactory because whilst emphasizing the essential interdependency and interwovenness of Dasein and the world, Heidegger fails to give a plausible account of the materiality of Dasein’s spatiality. His whole notion of spatiality is built at the expense of the loss of Dasein’s physical embodiment. It will be suggested that Heidegger’s motive in ignoring the bodily nature of Dasein stems from his worry of introducing the notion of Cartesian subjectivity into his account which would contradict his philosophical project. However, the absence of the materiality of Dasein’s existence eventually prompts Heidegger to present non-spatial concepts - such as familiarity and attention – as spatial categories, which constitutes not only the provocation but also the limitation of his account on spatiality

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Başak Keki This is me

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September 1, 2016

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Year 2016 Number: 22

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Keki, Başak. 2016. “ON SPATIALITY AND THE PROBLEM OF THE BODY IN HEIDEGGER’S BEING AND TIME”. FLSF Felsefe Ve Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, nos. 22: 315-32. https://izlik.org/JA62RM32BU.

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