An introduction to the thought of Paul Ricoeur, focusing on the early writings to reveal Ricoeur's capacity as an ethical, social, and political philosopher.
Using the themes of responsibility and hope, this introduction to the thought of Paul Ricoeur addresses both the beginner and the specialist.
By focusing on the early essays and early mature works-including the Philosophy of the Will volumes: Freedom and Nature, Fallible Man, and The Symbolism of Evil-Leovino Garcia shows that Ricoeur's entire orientation is primarily ethical in that it awakens in us the power to exist creatively. Ricoeur brings the Joy of the Yes to the sadness of the finite, the passion for the possible to the resignation to necessity, and the vehemence of the primary affirmation to the radical negation.
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An introduction to the thought of Paul Ricoeur, focusing on the early writings to reveal Ricoeur's capacity as an ethical, social, and political philosopher.
Foreword by George H. Taylor
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: The Philosophical Exploration of Paul Ricoeur
Chapter
1. Ricoeurs Philosophical Exploration
Part II: The Meaning of Being Human in Ricoeurs Philosophy of the Will
Introduction to Part II: Methodological Perspectives
Chapter 2: Eidetics of the Will: A Phenomenological-Existential Description
of the Fundamental Possibilities of Being Human
Chapter 3: Empirics of the Will: A Transcendental Analysis of Human
Fallibility
Chapter 4: A Phenomenological-Hermeneutic Reflection on the Avowal of Human
Fault
Part III: The Meaning of Being Human in Ricoeurs Early Social-Political
Writings
Introduction to Part III
Chapter 5: Ricoeurs Critique of Civilization and Culture
Chapter 6: Ricoeurs Reflection on the Christian and Society
Chapter 7: Ricoeurs View on Politics and the State
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Leovino Madriaga Garcia teaches philosophy at the Jesuit Ateneo de Manila Universitys School of Humanities, Ateneos Loyola School of Theology, and the Royal and Pontifical University of Santo Tomass (UST) Graduate School.
