The givenness of desire : concrete subjectivity and the natural desire to see God / Randall S. Rosenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosenberg, Randall S., author.

Series:

Lonergan studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lonergan, Bernard J. F--Criticism and interpretation.

Lonergan, Bernard J. F.

Natural theology.

Subjectivity.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xii, 273 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2017]

Summary:

"In The Givenness of Desire, Randall S. Rosenberg examines the human desire for God through the lens of Lonergan's "concrete subjectivity." Rosenberg engages and integrates two major scholarly developments: the tension between Neo-Thomists and scholars of Henri de Lubac over our natural desire to see God and the theological appropriation of the mimetic theory of René Girard, with an emphasis on the saints as models of desire. With Lonergan as an integrating thread, the author engages a variety of thinkers, including Hans Urs von Balthasar, Jean-Luc Marion, René Girard, James Alison, Lawrence Feingold, John Milbank, among others. The theme of concrete subjectivity helps to resist the tendency of equating too easily the natural desire for being with the natural desire for God without at the same time acknowledging the widespread distortion of desire found in the consumer culture that infects contemporary life. The Givenness of Desire investigates our paradoxical desire for God that is rooted in both the natural and supernatural."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1. De Lubac, Ressourcement, and neo-Thomism

De Lubac's lament: loss of the supernatural

Ressourcement and neo-Thomism: a narrative under scrutiny, a dialogue renewed

Part 2. A Lonergan retrieval: pure nature to concrete subject

The erotic roots of intellectual desire

Concretely operating nature: Lonergan on the natural desire to see God

Being-in-love and the desire for the supernatural: erotic-agapic subjectivity

Part 3. Mimetic desire, models of holiness, and the love of deviated transcendence

Incarnate meaning and mimetic desire: saints and the desire for God

The metaphysics of holiness and the longing for God in history: Thérèse of Lisieux and Etty Hillesum

Distorted desire and the love of deviated transcendence

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-266) and index.

ISBN:

1487500319

9781487500313

OCLC:

961006340