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Ecstatic morality and sexual politics : a Catholic and antitotalitarian theory of the body / G.J. McAleer.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
McAleer, G. J. (Graham James)
Series:
Moral philosophy and moral theology ; no. 5.
Moral philosophy and moral theology series, 1527-523X ; no. 5
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Human body--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Human body.
Sex--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Sex.
Christian sociology--Catholic Church.
Christian sociology.
Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.
Thomas.
John Paul II, Pope, 1920-2005.
John Paul.
Kolnai, Aurel.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (255 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
New York : Fordham University Press, 2005.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
This first book-length treatment of Thomas Aquinas's theory of the body presents a Catholic understanding of the body and its implications for social and political philosophy. Making a fundamental contribution to anti-totalitarian theory, McAleer argues, by way of contrasting with four other groups of thinkers, that a sexual politics reliant upon Aquinas's theory of the body is better than other commonly available theories.
Contents:
Desire and violence
Ecstatic being
The politics of the flesh
The law of the flesh
The body as cross
The politics of the flesh revisited
Is contraception a human right?
The wedding feast of the Lamb
The politics of the Cross.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-8232-4776-7
OCLC:
794702339

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