A Companion to Ricoeur's Freedom and Nature (Studies in the Thought of Paul Ricoeur) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1498578888 ISBN 13: 9781498578882

Verlag: Lexington Books, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

Paul Ricoeur's first book, Freedom and Nature, introduces many themes that resurface in various ways throughout his later work, but its significance has been mostly overlooked in the field of Ricoeur studies. Gathering together an international group of scholars, A Companion to Freedom and Nature is the first book-length study to focus exclusively on Freedom and Nature. It helps readers to understand this complex work by providing careful textual analysis of specific arguments in the book and by situating them in relation to Ricoeur's early influences, including Merleau-Ponty, Nabert, and Ravaisson. But most importantly, this book demonstrates that Freedom and Nature remains a compelling and vital resource for readers today, precisely because it resonates with recent developments in the areas of embodied cognition, philosophical psychology, and philosophy of the will. Freedom and Nature is fundamentally a book about embodiment, and it situates the human body at the crossroads of activity and passivity, motivation and causation, the voluntary and the involuntary. This conception of the body informs Ricoeur's unique treatment of topics such as effort, habit, and attention that are of much interest to scholars today. Together the chapters of this book provide a renewed appreciation of this important and innovative work.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Scott Davidson is professor and chair of the Department of Philosophy and Rhetoric at Oklahoma City University.

Geoffrey Dierckxsens is a post-doctoral researcher in the Institute of Philosophy at the Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS).

Johann Michel is Professor of hermeneutics and social theory at the University of Poitiers and is affiliated with the EHESS in Paris. He is member of the scientific council of the Fonds Ricoeur and member of the Institut Universitaire de France. Specialist of hermeneutics and social theory, he is author of many books in French, translated into several languages, including Ricoeur and the Post-Structuralists.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1498578888
• ISBN 13: 9781498578882
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 256
• Herausgeber: Davidson Scott
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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