| Experience and the Absolute: Disputed Questions on the Humanity of Man Contributor(s): Lacoste, Jean-Yves (Author), Raftery-Skehan, Mark (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0823223760 ISBN-13: 9780823223763 Publisher: Fordham University Press OUR PRICE: $41.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2004 Annotation: Does the philosophy of Martin Heidegger represent the emergence of a secular anthropology that requires religious thought to redefine the religious dimension in human existence? In this critical response, Lacoste confronts the ultimate definition of human nature, the humanity of the human. He explores that definition through an analysis of the absolute as a phenomenological datum.Lacoste establishes a conception of human nature that opens possibilities for religious experience and religious identity in view of Heideggers profound challenge. He develops a phenomenology of the liturgy, and subjects the categories of experience, place, and human existence to careful examination. Making a strong case for the affective nature of religious experience, he sides with Schleiermacher against Hegel in associating religion with affectivity rather than logic. Such affectivity, he claims, can be more rational than reason as framed in Hegelian logic. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Religious - Philosophy | Movements - Phenomenology - Philosophy | Movements - Humanism |
| Dewey: 128 |
| LCCN: 2004018984 |
| Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 6" W x 8.97" (0.80 lbs) 256 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Does the philosophy of Martin Heidegger represent the emergence of a secular anthropology that requires religious thought to redefine the religious dimension in human existence? In this critical response, Lacoste confronts the ultimate definition of human nature, the humanity of the human. He explores that definition through an analysis of the absoluteas a phenomenological datum.Lacoste establishes a conception of human nature that opens possibilities for religious experience and religious identity in view of Heidegger's profound challenge. He develops a phenomenology of the liturgy, and subjects the categories of experience, place, and human existenceto careful examination. Making a strong case for the affective nature of religious experience, he sides with Schleiermacher against Hegel in associating religion with affectivity rather than logic. Such affectivity, he claims, can be more rational than reason as framed in Hegelian logi |
Contributor Bio(s): Lacoste, Jean-Yves: - Jean-Yves Lacoste is also the author of Notes sur le temps and Le Monde et l'absence d'oeuvre. |