The Age of the World Picture
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The Age of the World Picture is a philosophical essay by Martin Heidegger that analyzes how, in modernity, the world comes to be understood and dominated as a representable “picture” for human subjects.
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| The Age of the World Picture canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
philosophical essay
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work by Martin Heidegger ⓘ |
| arguesThat |
in modernity the world is grasped primarily as a representable picture for a human subject
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modern science presupposes the world as a set of objects for calculation and control ⓘ the dominance of representation transforms the way beings appear ⓘ the essence of modernity is not technological devices but a specific understanding of being ⓘ |
| author | Martin Heidegger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
calculative thinking
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domination of beings ⓘ modern subjectivity ⓘ objectification of the world ⓘ scientific representation ⓘ setting-upon of beings ⓘ world as picture ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| criticizes |
Cartesian subject–object metaphysics
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modern scientific worldview ⓘ reduction of being to representation ⓘ |
| discipline | philosophy ⓘ |
| influencedField |
art theory
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critical theory ⓘ hermeneutics ⓘ media theory ⓘ philosophy of technology ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
enframing
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history of being ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ modernity ⓘ representation ⓘ subject–object relation ⓘ technology ⓘ world picture ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Die Zeit des Weltbildes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalMovement |
existentialism
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phenomenology ⓘ |
| philosophicalQuestion |
how representation structures human relation to beings
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how the world becomes a picture in modernity ⓘ what characterizes the essence of modernity ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Heideggerian philosophy ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | continental philosophy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Being and Time
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The Origin of the Work of Art NERFINISHED ⓘ The Question Concerning Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subdiscipline |
ontology
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philosophy of history ⓘ |
| timePeriodDiscussed | modern age ⓘ |
| viewsModernityAs | epoch of the world as picture ⓘ |
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