From Ricoeur to action [[electronic resource] ] : the socio-political significance of Ricoeur's thinking / / edited by Todd S. Mei and David Lewin

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910789938003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Continuum, c2012
• ISBN: 1-4411-3990-7; 1-280-58062-3; 9786613610409; 1-4411-5546-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (289 p.)
• Collana: Continuum studies in Continental philosophy
• Altri autori (Persone): MeiTodd S; LewinDavid
• Disciplina: 300.92
• Soggetti: Social conflict - History - 21st century; Social sciences - Philosophy; Political science - Philosophy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction; The Detour of the History of Philosophy; Ricoeur's Contribution; Organization and Content of this Book; Part One: Capability I; Chapter 2: From Ricoeur to Life: 'Living Up to Death' with Spinoza, but also with Deleuze; Introduction; Spinoza After Kant: À la mode de Deleuze; Ricoeur on the Concrete Core of the 'Fear of Death'; On Passion: Spinoza, Kant, Ricoeur and Deleuze; Deleuze on Immanence and Transcendence: Spinoza and/or Kant; The Technical InterfaceThe Freedom of the Subject; Part Two: Capability II; Chapter 5: The Course of Racial Recognition: A Ricoeurian Approach to Critical Race Theory; Race, Recognition and Politics; Ricoeur on Recognition; Love and the Struggle for Recognition; The Struggle for Recognition on the Juridical Plane; Mutual Recognition as Social Esteem; Recognition and States of Peace; Recognition, Redistribution or Capability?; Chapter 6: The Long Road to Recognition: Paul Ricoeur and Bell Hooks on the Development of Self-Esteem; Ricoeur and the ; Avoidance of Race; Ideology and Utopia in the Environmental MovementConclusion: Narratives of Sustainable Flourishing; Chapter 10: States of Peace: Ricoeur on Recognition and the Gift; Ricoeur on 'States of Peace'; Fichte on Freedom and Recognition9; Ricoeur on the Economy of the Gift; Conclusion: Festive Giving and the Celebration of Openness; Interlude; Chapter 11: Ricoeur's Atemwende?: A Reading of 'Interlude: Tragic Action' in Oneself as Another; Introduction: Ricoeur and Tragedy; Reading 'Tragic Action' in Ricoeur; Reading Antigone; Part Four: The Theological; Chapter 12: The Unsurpassable Dissensus: The Ethics of Forgiveness in Paul Ricoeur's Work
• Sommario/riassunto: From Ricoeur to Action engages with the thinking of the French philosopher Paul Ricoeur (1913-2005) in order to propose innovative responses to 21st-century problems actively contributing to global conflict. Ricoeur's ability to draw from a diverse field of philosophers and theologians and to provide mediation to seemingly irreconcilable views often has both explicit and implicit practical application to socio-political questions. Here an international team of leading Ricoeur scholars develop critical yet productive responses through the development of Ricoeur's thought with respect to such to