Hammers  Our lecture says that, “It is only within the context of…

Hammers  Our lecture says that, “It is only within the context of…

Hammers

Our lecture says that, “It is only within the context of the world that something can BE a hammer.” 1. What do you think this statement reveals about the way Heidegger and some existentialists view the world? 2. Would Heidegger say that a hammer hanging on a shelf in a hardware store is the same as a hammer that is being used? 3. What would Heidegger say is the REAL reason why we get mad when a hammer we are using breaks?

Marx and Communism

1. Does Communism really “work?” 2. Is the problem with Communism (and Marx’s ideas) just that they have not been tried successfully yet, or that they will never work? 3. Do you agree with Marx that the most essential need of people is the sustenance of their material life?

Examples of Postmodernism

Apply the notion of postmodernism by naming some examples of it in recent culture: movies, music, literature or politics.