In his philosophical classic Insight, Catholic philosopher and theologian Bernard Lonergan introduced the concept of self-appropriation - the personal search for kwledge of the self, and through that of the world - as the basis for systematic philosophical investigation. In Lonergan in the World, James L. Marsh argues, clearly and passionately, that self-appropriation can serve as the basis for philosophical, ethical, and even political and ecomic thought. Comparing and applying Lonergan's principles to major trends in contemporary philosophy, including phemelogy, hermeneutics, postmodernism, analytic philosophy, and Marxism, Marsh uncovers the philosophical and the socio-political implications of Lonergan's work and its value as the basis for a search for justice and self-understanding. Drawing on Marsh's more than forty years of studying and teaching Lonergan's thought, Lonergan in the World is a book that should be read t just by philosophers and theologians, but by anyone interested in the philosophical foundations of a just and authentic life.
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Publisher
University of Toronto Press
ISBN-10
144264897x
ISBN-13
9781442648975
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209015586
Product Key Features
Author
James Marsh
Format
Hardback
Language
English
Subject
Philosophy
Type
Textbook
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Place of Publication
Toronto
Series Title
Lonergan Studies
Author Biography
James L. Marsh ISA Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Fordham University.