Evil

A Challenge to Philosophy and Theology
Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-8264-9476-4
Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic

Buch, Englisch, 80 Seiten, Format (B × H): 132 mm x 198 mm, Gewicht: 95 g

Paul Ricoeur is widely recognized as one of the most distinguished philosophers of the 20th century
- Evil was his last published book
- It extends his philosophical interest in phenomenology

Paul Ricoeur was a French philosopher of international repute and influence. He became interested in phenomenology and because of the problem of evil became immersed in hermeneutics and symbolism.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Introductory Undergraduate, Academics

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ricoeur, Paul

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Sonstige Religionen: Theologie, Doktrine
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 20./21. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Phänomenologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Extended Introduction by Graham Ward
Preface by Pierre Gisel

1. The experience of evil
2. The levels of discussion and discourse on evil
3. Thinking, acting, feeling

Über Autor(innen)

Paul Ricoeur, was a leading French thinker in the philosophy of language. His translated works include The Symbolization of Evil (1969) and The Conflict of Interpretations (Athlone, 1989). Born in 1913 he was professor at Nanterre and Strasbourg. His first major work (3 Vols) was Philosophy of Will published in the UK in 1980.