A Passion for the Possible: Thinking with Paul Ricoeur by Henry Isaac Venema (En

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Paul Ricoeur's entire philosophical project narrates a "passion for the possible" expressed in the hope that in spite of death, closure, and sedimentation, life is opened by superabundance, by how the world gives us much more than is possible. Ricoeur's philosophical anthropology is a phenomenology of human capacity, which gives onto the groundless ground of human being, namely, God. Thus the story of the capable man, beginning with original goodness held captive by a servile will and ending with the possibility of liberation and regeneration of the heart, underpins his passion for the more than possible. The essays in this volume trace the fluid movement between phenomenological and religious descriptions of the capable self that emerges across Ricoeur's oeuvre and establish points of connection for future developments that might draw inspiration from this body of thought.

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Paul Ricoeur's entire philosophical project narrates a "passion for the possible" expressed in the hope that in spite of death, closure, and sedimentation, life is opened by superabundance, by how the world gives us much more than is possible. Ricoeur's philosophical anthropology is a phenomenology of human capacity, which gives onto the groundless ground of human being, namely, God. Thus the story of the capable man, beginning with original goodness held captive by a servile will and ending with the possibility of liberation and regeneration of the heart, underpins his passion for the more than possible. The essays in this volume trace the fluid movement between phenomenological and religious descriptions of the capable self that emerges across Ricoeur's oeuvre and establish points of connection for future developments that might draw inspiration from this body of thought.

Author Biography

Brian Treanor is Professor of Philosophy and Director of Environmental Studies at Loyola Marymount University. He is the author of Aspects of Alterity (Fordham, 2006) and Emplotting Virtue (SUNY Press, 2014), and the coeditor of A Passion for the Possible (Fordham University Press, 2010), Interpreting Nature (Fordham University Press, 2013), and Being-in-Creation (Fordham University Press, 2015). Current projects include the development of an "earthy" hermeneutics, and a monograph on the experience of joy.Henry Venema is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Brandon University, in Canada. He is the author of Identifying Selfhood: Imagination, Narrative, and Hermeneutics in the Thought of Paul Ricoeur.

Review

"This is the first collection of essays to self-consciously address itself retrospectively to Paul Ricoeur's philosophical oeuvre." -- -W. David Hall Centre College "Many scholars from a variety of disciplines will find this an interesting and enlightening text. It not only broadens our understanding of Ricoeur's work but also builds on it, following his exemplary model on how to do philosophy." -- -Christina Gschwandtner University of Scranton

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Paul Ricoeur's entire philosophical project narrates a "passion for the possible" expressed in the hope that in spite of death, closure, and sedimentation, life is opened by superabundance, by how the world gives us much more than is possible. Ricoeur's philosophical anthropology is a phenomenology of human capacity, which gives onto the groundless ground of human being, namely, God. Thus the story of the capable man, beginning with original goodness held captive by a servile will and ending with the possibility of liberation and regeneration of the heart, underpins his passion for the more than possible. The essays in this volume trace the fluid movement between phenomenological and religious descriptions of the capable self that emerges across Ricoeur's oeuvre and establish points of connection for future developments that might draw inspiration from this body of thought.

Review Text

"This is the first collection of essays to self-consciously address itself retrospectively to Paul Ricoeur's philosophical oeuvre." --W. David Hall, Centre College

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This is the first collection of essays to self-consciously address itself retrospectively to Paul Ricoeur's philosophical oeuvre. -----W. David Hall, Centre College

Details ISBN082323293X Short Title PASSION FOR THE POSSIBLE Publisher Fordham University Press Language English ISBN-10 082323293X ISBN-13 9780823232932 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2010 Imprint Fordham University Press Subtitle Thinking with Paul Ricoeur Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Edited by Henry Isaac Venema DEWEY 194 Author Brian Treanor Edition 3rd UK Release Date 2010-07-13 Publication Date 2010-07-13 AU Release Date 2010-07-13 NZ Release Date 2010-07-13 US Release Date 2010-07-13 Pages 248 Series Perspectives in Continental Philosophy Alternative 9780823232925 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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