Spirituality and Dialectics

Anthony Mansueto, Maggie Mansueto (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

214 Seiten

2005
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-0941-0 (ISBN)

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In Spirituality and Dialectics authors Anthony and Maggie Mansueto challenge the contemporary and emergent domains of thought that, in and beyond the modernist period, take a departure from the ground of rational knowledge and the transcendent principles; principles that are located in the long tradition of Western metaphysics. Many adherents to modern and postmodern thought and ethics construe their own position as a radical challenge to the long-time ascendancy of Western style metaphysics and, more specifically, grand ontological claims about God and existence. Though unpopular with some, a few critics of contemporary trends in philosophical and ethical thought have drawn a cultural and historical parallel between postmodern thought and the indeterminacy of contemporary capitalist markets. Spirituality and Dialectics contends that contemporary thought's wholesale rejection of the historic claims of dialectics and also a rational metaphysics that attempts to explain and rightly order human action-in favor of a fragmented anti-ontology-is at once a means of reinforcing the market order and, further, an attempt by bourgeoisie thinkers to hegemonize the domain of all critical thought. More specifically, this book argues that any possible critique of the market order and the market allocation of resources presupposes a substantive doctrine of the Good and that effective action on behalf of justice presupposes hope, and thus the conviction that the universe generally, and human history in particular, are ultimately meaningful. This book offers a fresh and interesting discussion of the dialectical tradition of Plato, Aristotle, Ibn Sina, Maimonides, Ibn Rusd, Hegel, and Marx. It, also, simultaneously critiques the interlocutors of metaphysics and dialectical metaphysics from the medieval Augustinians, on through to Descartes Hume, Kant, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Derrida. Spirituality and Dialectics also engages with the philosophical rubrics of epistemology, philosophy of

Anthony Mansueto teaches philosophy, religious studies, civilization studies, and honors seminars at University of New Mexico—Gallup. Maggie Mansueto is a preacher, teacher, and ligurgist. Anthony and Maggie Mansueto together lead Seeking Wisdom, a nonprofit research, education, and community action group.

Chapter 1 Against Philosophical Appeasement Chapter 2 From the Hermeneutical Circle to the Dialectical Spiral Chapter 3 The Mind's Road to God Must Pass Through Cosmology Chapter 4 In Defense of Metaphysics Chapter 5 The Principles of Cosmohistorical Law Chapter 6 Spirituality and Dialectics

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.6.2005
Sprache	englisch
Maße	169 x 235 mm
Gewicht	467 g
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
ISBN-10	0-7391-0941-3 / 0739109413
ISBN-13	978-0-7391-0941-0 / 9780739109410
Zustand	Neuware