Philosophy of Culture as Theory, Method, and Way of Life: Contemporary Reflections and Applications(2 Philosophy as a Way of Life)

The “idea” of culture comprises almost all human activities, from science to art, from music to microscopy. Does anything important escape the limits of this idea? The authors of this collection argue that all philosophy is really the philosophy of culture, since in some way each and every discipline and subdiscipline is foremost a manifestation of our collective cultural effort. Further, they argue that by engaging with philosophy as a cultural activity and as a discipline to meaningful engage with all dimensions of (inter)cultural life, we can live more meaningful, flourishing, and wisely guided lives.

About the Author :
Dr. Przemysław Bursztyka is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw, where he holds the position of the Acting Chair of the Department of Philosophy of Culture. His main interests include: philosophy of culture (and its relation to other cultural disciplines), philosophical psychology, philosophical anthropology (especially apophatic anthropology) and philosophy of subjectivity, phenomenology, psychoanalysis, existentialism, hermeneutics. He is a founder and the editor-in-chief of the philosophical quarterly Eidos. A Journal for Philosophy of Culture.

Dr. Eli Kramer is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Ethics of the Institute of Philosophy, University Wrocław, Poland. He is co-editor of Brill’s book series Philosophy as a Way of Life: Text and Studies. His first single-authored monograph is on the nature and role of the associated philosophical life: Intercultural Modes of Philosophy, Volume One: Principles to Guide Philosophical Community (Brill, 2021). He has also co-edited and contributed to collections such as Rorty and Beyond (Lexington Books, 2019) and Contemporary Philosophical Proposals for the University (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018).

Dr. Marcin Rychter is Assistant Professor at the Department of Philosophy of Culture at the Institute of Philosophy of the University of Warsaw. He is a philosopher, translator, and editor. He is co-editor and co-author of the book Między integracją a rozproszeniem. Doświadczenie estetyczne w kontekstach nowoczesności (Warszawa, 2018). His main fields of interest include: Philosophy of Music, Philosophy of Literature, Philosophy of Technology, Philosophy of Culture, Contemporary Non-analytical Metaphysics, Contemporary American Prose. He is a Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Eidos. A Journal for Philosophy of Culture.

Dr. Randall Auxier is Professor of Philosophy and Communication Studies at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He is author, co-author, editor, and co-editor of over twenty books in philosophy, and also of many articles and book chapters. He combines the philosophy of culture with the philosophy of popular culture in an effort to show the general development of culture and its excrescences, such as "civilization."