Bonds Beyond Heidegger
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2015
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Haverford College. Department of Philosophy
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eng
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Our modem world is one ever increasingly dominated by technology. As such, our relationship to it has become more complicated than one would normally assume. As a byproduct, modernity has conditioned us to value practicality and efficiency above all else, an idea that encourages those involved to miss out on opportunities to create meaningful bonds with entities in both the material and social worlds. It is the goal of this thesis to explore how history suggests that the way we are, our way of being, can be thought of as a fluid phenomenon that need not stay the same. From there I explore how the physical spaces themselves are part of brings a way of being into existence and how engaging with risk and ritual is what opens us to these meaningful connections. I then turn to how Heidegger understands ourselves as beings alongside technology, how the essence of modern technology has done something detrimental to our current way of being, and lastly, how to save ourselves from this condition by engaging with risk and ritual appropriately.