Paul Ricoeurs Renewal of Philosophical Anthropology: Vulnerability, Capability, Justice

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In Paul Ricoeurs Renewal of Philosophical Anthropology: Vulnerability, Capability, Justice, Marc de Leeuw contextualizes Ricoeurs work in the largely forgotten tradition of philosophical anthropology. In the book, de Leeuw shows how the original diagnosis of the human as suffering from a primordial deficiency, lack, or wounded cogito becomes the main motivation for Ricoeurs phenomenological and hermeneutic renewal of this tradition. Ricoeur thereby connects the human ability for self-expression with our capability to speak, act, narrate, remember, and be held accountable. De Leeuw argues that through the poetic and ethical reconfiguration of our experiences a reflexive selfhood emerges, one able to attest to whom it stands for, thereby replacing the traditional anthropological question what is the human with who is the human

In times of climate change, viral emergency, and democratic crisis, the "question of the human is more important than ever. How does our philosophical self-understanding match the urgent need to re-evaluate our relation to the planet, nature, and each other Paul Ricoeurs complex exploration of the vulnerable but capable human helps us formulate an answer. Paul Ricoeurs Renewal of Philosophical Anthropology shows that Ricoeurs affirmative anthropology not only renews the tradition of philosophical anthropology but also reveals its ongoing relevance for our human self-understanding.

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"Marc de Leeuws expansive study offers a timely account of the ethical resonances of Paul Ricoeurs philosophical anthropology. Through tracing the development of Ricoeurs thought through many of his major works, de Leeuw lays out formative ideas that figure prominently in Ricoeurs conception of the capable human being."

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Marc de Leeuw teaches legal philosophy at the University of New South Wales, Sydney.