Resumen de In Verlegenheit geraten: Die Befangenheit des Menschen als anthropologischer Leitfaden in Hands lipps' "Die menschliche Natur"55
In his last work, the phenomenological philosopher Hans Lipps raises the question of human nature. This nature can only be revealed by striking the conception ("Verfassung") of its very essence. This conception has to be found within the realm of the differenciating possibilities, in which human nature appears. One of these is the possibility of having affections. Through his phenomenological analysis of the human embarrassment and its expres-sion, Lipps calls into question the "psycho-physical nature" of man by sho-wing its original embodiment. In his detailed analysis of the expression of human affections, he refers to Aurel Kolnai's analysis of repugnance and cri-ticizes Ludwig Klages' theory of gestures. The human embarrassment and its expression is a striking example of the fundamental "Befindlichkeit" of human being.
