Existential Dimensions in the Socio-Legal Sphere: Introduction

• Main Authors: Ronnie Lippens, James Hardie-Bick
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law 2015-09-01
• Series: Oñati Socio-Legal Series
• Subjects: Existentialism; jurisprudence; governance; criminal justice; indeterminacy; Existencialismo; jurisprudencia; gobernanza; justicia penal; indeterminación
• Online Access: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2619387

<p>This introduction addresses the relevance of existentialist philosophy for understanding the indeterminacies and instabilities of late-modern society. Whilst existentialist thought is often misunderstood and subsequently unexplored, all the contributors to this special edition accept the basic premise that human existence is inescapably contingent and indeterminate. This introduction provides a short overview of the articles and reflects on themes such as destabilization and reintegration. All the articles are based on contributions to the workshop 'Law, Jurisprudence, Governance and Existential Indeterminacy', held at the International Institute for the Sociology of Law, Onati, Spain, 23-24 May 2013.</p> <hr /><p>Esta introducci&oacute;n aborda la relevancia de la filosof&iacute;a existencialista para comprender las indeterminaciones e inestabilidades de la sociedad tard&iacute;a. Aunque a menudo el pensamiento existencialista se ha malentendido y por consiguiente, no se ha explorado, todos los participantes de este n&uacute;mero especial aceptan la premisa b&aacute;sica de que la existencia humana es ineludiblemente contingente e indeterminada. Esta introducci&oacute;n ofrece un breve resumen de los art&iacute;culos y reflexiona sobre temas como la desestabilizaci&oacute;n y reintegraci&oacute;n. Todos los art&iacute;culos se basan en las presentaciones del workshop 'Law, Jurisprudence, Governance and Existential Indeterminacy', celebrado en el Instituto Internacional de Sociolog&iacute;a Jur&iacute;dica, Onati, Espa&ntilde;a, los d&iacute;as 23-24 de mayo de 2013.</p> <p><strong>DOWNLOAD THIS PAPER FROM SSRN</strong>: <a href="http://ssrn.com/abstract=2619387 " target="_blank">http://ssrn.com/abstract=2619387 </a></p>