Enduring

Titel: Enduring
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Ausgabe: 1.0, published 7 November 2022
Veröffentlicht: Freiburg : Universität, 2023
Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource
Format: E-Book
Sprache: Englisch
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mehrbändiges Werk:
Compendium heroicum. das Online-Lexikon des Sonderforschungsbereichs 948 „Helden – Heroisierungen – Heroismen“
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Zusammenfassung: Abstract: In the following, the ‘will to endure’ is understood to mean a subject’s disposition (i) to resist the pressing physical or mental need in strenuous circumstances to give up or comply and (ii) to carry on in that given situation. That means while the ‘will to endure’ focuses on willingness and attitude, ‘enduring’ per se describes the act that follows from it. Using Max Weber’s broad notion of action, ‘enduring’ can be thought of as active, lasting action whenever a subjective meaning is associated with it, i.e. the action is intentional and not coincidental. In this sense, ‘enduring’ cannot be regarded as the postponing of a deed to be delivered on at a later time, but as the deed itself