Paul Ricoeur and the poetic imperative : the creative tension between love and justice / W. David Hall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hall, W. David (William David), 1965 February 14-

Series:

SUNY series in theology and continental thought.

SUNY series in theology and continental thought

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Ricur, Paul.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book addresses the thought of Paul Ricoeur (1913–2005), paying particular attention to the creative tension between love and justice as principle themes in his work. Dealing with these issues chiefly in his writings on religion, Ricoeur explored the tension between the biblical ideals of the golden rule—the religious formulation of a principle of justice—and the love command. Author W. David Hall shows how these ideals continually speak to each other in Ricoeur's work, how they operate creatively on each other, and how each serves as a corrective to the perversions of the other. Hall maintains that although issues of love and justice became prominent comparatively late in Ricoeur's corpus, they provide a sustained trajectory throughout his work and are an important interpretive key for understanding Ricoeur's intellectual project as a whole.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Agency

Meaning

Practice

Conscience

The Economy of the Gift and the Poetic Imperative

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-193) and index.

ISBN:

9780791479827

079147982X

9781435606654

1435606655

OCLC:

181102765