TY - GEN digital ID - 131681708 TI - From Conventionalism to Social Authenticity : Heidegger’s Anyone and Contemporary Social Theory AU - Schmid, Hans Bernhard AU - Thonhauser, Gerhard PY - 2017 SN - 9783319568652 PB - Cham Springer International Publishing DB - UniCat KW - Philosophy KW - Social sciences (general) KW - Sociology of culture KW - Sociology KW - psychosociale wetenschappen KW - sociologie KW - cultuur KW - filosofie KW - sociale wetenschappen KW - existentialisme UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:131681708 AB - This edited volume offers a new approach to understanding social conventions by way of Martin Heidegger. It connects the philosopher's conceptions of the anyone, everydayness, and authenticity with an analysis and critique of social normativity. Heidegger’s account of the anyone is ambiguous. Some see it as a good description of human sociality, others think of it as an important critique of modern mass society. This volume seeks to understand this ambiguity as reflecting the tension between the constitutive function of conventions for human action and the critical aspects of conformism. It argues that Heidegger’s anyone should neither be reduced to its pejorative nor its constitutive dimension. Rather, the concept could show how power and norms function. This volume would be of interest to scholars and students of philosophy and the social sciences who wish to investigate the social applications of the works of Martin Heidegger. ER -