Serious Comedy: The Philosophical and Theological Significance of Tragic and Comic Writing in the Western Tradition - Hardcover

Downey, Patrick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0739101161 ISBN 13: 9780739101162

Verlag: Lexington Books, 2000

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Patrick Downey... has combined the research and theories of what could be three separate monographs into a single, sustained argument about the role that tragic and comic writing play in the self-understanding of the philosophical and theological enterprises. The result is one of the most original and outstanding theories on the topic to appear in some time. * Josephinum Journal Of Theology *

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Patrick Downey finds comedy at the heart of the Western philosophical and theological tradition. In Serious Comedy Downey tracks tragedy and comedy from the beginning of Western thought to the twentieth century, beginning with an in-depth examination of Aristotle and three Platonic dialogues: the Republic, the Phaedrus, and the Symposium. In the book's second section Downey argues that the Bible is at heart a comedic narrative and analyzes the philosophical and theological implications of this comedy. In the third section Downey traces comedy and tragedy in classic and modern philosophers such as Machiavelli, Dante, Hegel, Nietzsche, and Kierkegaard. Readers with an interest in classical philosophy and theology, political philosophy, and narrative theory will be particularly interested in this insightful and thoughtful perspective on the Western tradition.

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• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0739101161
• ISBN 13: 9780739101162
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 304