Selfhood and sacrifice : René Girard and Charles Taylor on the crisis of modernity / Andrew O'Shea.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Shea, Andrew.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Girard, René, 1904-.

Girard, René.

Taylor, Charles, 1931-.

Taylor, Charles.

Philosophy, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Continuum International Pub. Group Inc., 2010.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Selfhood and Sacrifice is an original exploration of the ideas of two major contemporary thinkers. O'Shea offers a novel interpretation of Girard's work that opens up his discourse on violence and the sacred into a fruitful engagement with both Taylor's philosophical anthropology and his philosophical history. In an age when religious violence and the role of practical reason in the secular sphere are continually juxtaposed, O'Shea offers new possibilities of responding to the problems of global crisis through the critical lenses of two of the most original and engaging thinkers writing on rel

Contents:

pt. 1. From self to sacrifice : Girardian theory

pt. 2. From sacrifice to self : Taylor's philosophical account.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612576805

9781282576803

1282576801

9781441105769

144110576X

OCLC:

630543356