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The work of the German philosopher Helmuth Plessner (1892-1985) inspired generations of scholars and has been enjoying a recent renaissance. This volume offers the first substantial English-language introduction to Plessner's philosophical anthropology, contextualising it by comparison with the more familiar contemporaries such as Bergson, Cassirer and Merleau-Ponty, but also showing his relevance to contemporary discussion in a variety of scholarly fields. Helmuth Plessner (1892-1985) was one of the founders of philosophical anthropology, and his book The Stages of the Organic and Man, first published in 1928, has inspired generations of philosophers, biologists, social scientists, and humanities scholars. This volume offers the first substantial introduction to Plessner's philosophical anthropology in English, not only setting it in context with such familiar figures as Bergson, Cassirer, and Merleau-Ponty, but also showing Plessner's relevance to contemporary discussions in a wide variety of fields in the humanities and sciences.

Philosophical anthropology --- Biology --- Congresses. --- Philosophy --- Plessner, Helmuth, --- Stufen des Organischen und der Mensch --- eccentricity --- culture --- technology --- philosophical anthropology --- plessner --- Henri Bergson --- Human --- Life --- Organism --- Life sciences --- Life (Biology) --- Natural history --- Philosophical anthropology. --- Anthropologie philosophique --- Biologie --- Philosophy. --- Philosophie