The call and the response / Jean-Louis Chrétien ; translated from the French by Anne A. Davenport.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chrétien, Jean-Louis, 1952-

Series:

Perspectives in continental philosophy 1089-3938 ; no. 33.

Perspectives in continental philosophy, 1089-3938 ; no. 33

Standardized Title:

Appel et la réponse. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Philosophy.

Religion--Philosophy.

Religion.

Vocation.

Physical Description:

xxix, 144 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First English-language edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2004.

Summary:

In this provocative book, the philosopher, theologian, and poet Jean-Louis Chretien revisits one of his enduring themes: how human life is shaped by the experience of call and response. Using art as a context, Chretien argues that imaginative works are acts of response to what the creator sees or hears, and to the ways in which viewers, readers, and other participants themselves respond to the experience of art: by voice, sight, hearing, touch, silence. Ranging broadly across philosophy, literature, and theology, from the Platonic idea of beauty to a phenomenology of touch and sense, Chretien identifies and explores the spiritual and philosophical dimensions of the aesthetic experience, rooting it in the irreducibly human attempt to make sense of ourselves and all the others in our world. The Call and the Response is another illuminating and luminous work of intellect and imagination by one of the leading thinkers of our time.

Contents:

Introduction

Call and response

The visible voice

The other voice

Body and touch.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [133]-134) and index.

ISBN:

0823222977

0823222985

OCLC:

53287659