In deference to the other : Lonergan and contemporary continental thought / edited by Jim Kanaris and Mark J. Doorley ; foreword by John D. Caputo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kanaris, Jim, 1964-

Doorley, Mark J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lonergan, Bernard J. F.

Theology, Doctrinal.

Physical Description:

xiii, 187 p.

Place of Publication:

Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Deference to the Other brings contemporary continental thought into conversation with that of Bernard Lonergan (1904–1984), the Jesuit philosopher and theologian. This is an opportune moment to open such a dialogue: philosophers and theologians indebted to Lonergan have increasingly found themselves challenged by the insights of thinkers typically dubbed "postmodern," while postmodernists, most notably Jacques Derrida, have begun to ask the "God question." While Lonergan was not a continental philosopher, neither was he an analytic philosopher. Concerned with both epistemology and cognition, his systematic and hermeneutic-like proposals resonate with the concerns of philosophers such as Derrida, Foucault, Levinas, and Kristeva. Contributors to this volume find insight and affiliation between Lonergan's thought and contemporary continental thought in a wide-ranging work that engages the philosophical problems of authenticity, self-appropriation, ethics, and the human subject.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Foreword

Introduction

Decentering Inwardness

To Whom Do We Return in the Turn to the Subject?

Self-Appropriation

Subject for the Other

Kristeva’s Horror and Lonergan’s Insight

Lonergan’s Postmodern Subject

In Response to the Other

Lonergan and the Ambiguity of Postmodern Laughter

Works Cited

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-173) and index.

ISBN:

9780791484319

0791484319

9781423740148

1423740149

OCLC:

62395517