Buch, Englisch, 183 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 1837 g
Buch, Englisch, 183 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 1837 g
ISBN: 978-0-227-17750-1
Verlag: James Clarke & Co
A comparison of the thought of Wiliam Desmond and Augustine on theological, philosophical and literary lines.
Contemporary philosopher William Desmond has many companions in thought, and one of the most important of these is Augustine. In lucid prose that draws on the riches of a vibrant philosophical-theological tradition, Renée Kohler-Ryan explores Desmond's metaxological philosophy. She elaborates on how Desmond's philosophical work in discovering how humans are constantly "between" remains in conversation with a tradition of thinkers that includes Plato, Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, and Shakespeare.
This book concentrates especially on how Desmond both draws upon and develops some of the central insights in Augustine. At the same time, it brings together philosophy, theology, and literature into a rich engagement of ideas that impact the way humans think and live. Whether considering how our elemental wonder at creation brings us closer to God, or how our most intimate revelations about being human happen in the interior space of prayer, reading Desmond with Augustine illuminates a porous and interdisciplinary space of inquiry.
Companions in the Between is a unique contribution to the growing body of scholarship on William Desmond's thought. It opens with a foreword from Desmond. Its pages will entice any reader who wants to know more about how contemporary philosophy can contest a space where philosophers are formulaically expected to shy away from divine transcendence.
Weitere Infos & Material
Foreword by William Desmond
Introduction
Part 1: Creation and Reflection: Augustine, Desmond, and Cosmos
1. An Archaeological Ethics: Augustine, Desmond, and Digging Back to the Agapeic Origin
2. “No Block Creation”: Good and Evil in William Desmond’s Augustinian Philosophy of Elemental Order
Part 2: Becoming Porous: The Aesthetics of Prayerful Contemplation
3. Gifted Beggars in the Metaxu: A Study of the Platonic and Augustinian Resonances of Porosity in God and the Between
4. Thinking Transcendence, Transgressing the Mask: Desmond Pondering Augustine and Thomas Aquinas
5. On Speaking the Amen: Augustinian Soliloquy and Shakespearean Porosity in the Metaxu
Part 3: Citizenship in the Between: Building the Porous City
6. Love and Friendship in the Metaxu: Becoming Agapeic in Community
7. Intimate Friendship and the Christian Cosmopolis: Jerome’s Challenge in the Metaxu
Bibliography
Index
