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Title From Ricoeur to action : the socio-political significance of Ricoeur's thinking / edited by Todd S. Mei and David Lewin.

Publication Info. New York : Continuum International Pub., [2012]
©2012

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Description 1 online resource.
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Series Continuum studies in continental philosophy
Continuum studies in continental philosophy.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction; The Detour of the History of Philosophy; Ricoeur's Contribution; Organization and Content of this Book; Part One: Capability I; Chapter 2: From Ricoeur to Life: 'Living Up to Death' with Spinoza, but also with Deleuze; Introduction; Spinoza After Kant: À la mode de Deleuze; Ricoeur on the Concrete Core of the 'Fear of Death'; On Passion: Spinoza, Kant, Ricoeur and Deleuze; Deleuze on Immanence and Transcendence: Spinoza and/or Kant.
Chapter 3: From Metaphor to the Life-World: Ricoeur's Metaphoric SubjectivityThe Significance of Ricoeur's Theory of Metaphor; A Development of Ricoeur's Theory; The Partial Suppression of Metaphoricity in the Late Ricoeur; Ricoeur's Theory of Subjectivity in Terms of Narrative Identity; The Relation of Metaphoricity to Ontologies of the Life-World; Temporality, Spatiality and Metaphor; The Metaphorical Structure of the Self; Chapter 4: Ricoeur and the Capability of Modern Technology; The Mythos of Technological Development; Ricoeur and the Philosophy of Technology; The Science of Being.
The Technical InterfaceThe Freedom of the Subject; Part Two: Capability II; Chapter 5: The Course of Racial Recognition: A Ricoeurian Approach to Critical Race Theory; Race, Recognition and Politics; Ricoeur on Recognition; Love and the Struggle for Recognition; The Struggle for Recognition on the Juridical Plane; Mutual Recognition as Social Esteem; Recognition and States of Peace; Recognition, Redistribution or Capability?; Chapter 6: The Long Road to Recognition: Paul Ricoeur and Bell Hooks on the Development of Self-Esteem; Ricoeur and the Avoidance of Race.
Ricoeur and the Capacity for Self-esteemHooks on Self-Esteem in Black America; The Long Road to Self-esteem; Part Three: Utopia; Chapter 7: To Think Utopia With and Beyond Paul Ricoeur; Introduction; From Mannheim to Ricoeur; A Critical Understanding of Utopia; The Polemics Against Utopia: Using Ricoeur to Move Beyond Ricoeur; Concluding Remarks; Chapter 8: Ricoeur versus Ricoeur? Between the Universal and the Contextual; Chapter 9: Turn Around and Step Forward: Environmentalism, Activism and the Social Imaginary1; Introduction; The Social Imaginary: Ideology and Utopia.
Ideology and Utopia in the Environmental MovementConclusion: Narratives of Sustainable Flourishing; Chapter 10: States of Peace: Ricoeur on Recognition and the Gift; Ricoeur on 'States of Peace'; Fichte on Freedom and Recognition9; Ricoeur on the Economy of the Gift; Conclusion: Festive Giving and the Celebration of Openness; Interlude; Chapter 11: Ricoeur's Atemwende?: A Reading of 'Interlude: Tragic Action' in Oneself as Another; Introduction: Ricoeur and Tragedy; Reading 'Tragic Action' in Ricoeur; Reading Antigone; Part Four: The Theological.
Note Chapter 12: The Unsurpassable Dissensus: The Ethics of Forgiveness in Paul Ricoeur's Work.
Summary From Ricoeur to Action engages with the thinking of the French philosopher Paul Ricoeur (1913-2005) in order to propose innovative responses to 21st-century problems actively contributing to global conflict. Ricoeur's ability to draw from a diverse field of philosophers and theologians and to provide mediation to seemingly irreconcilable views often has both explicit and implicit practical application to socio-political questions. Here an international team of leading Ricoeur scholars develop critical yet productive responses through the development of Ricoeur's thought with respect to such to.
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Subject Ricœur, Paul.
Ricœur, Paul.
Social conflict -- History -- 21st century.
Social conflict.
History.
Chronological Term 21st century
Subject Social sciences -- Philosophy.
Social sciences -- Philosophy.
Political science -- Philosophy.
Political science -- Philosophy.
Chronological Term 2000 - 2099
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
Added Author Mei, Todd S.
Lewin, David (Educator)
Other Form: Print version: Mei, Todd S. From Ricoeur to Action : The Socio-Political Significance of Ricoeur's Thinking. London : Continuum International Publishing, ©2012 9781441159731
ISBN 9781441155467 (electronic book)
1441155465 (electronic book)
9781441159731
9781472533876
1472533879