Paul Ricoeur: The Promise and Risk of Politics
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Paul Ricoeur: The Promise and Risk of Politics
By (Author) Bernard P. Dauenhauer
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
23rd December 1998
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
320.01
Physical Properties
Paperback
348
Width 148mm, Height 228mm, Spine 19mm
454g
Description
Paul Ricoeur, with Walzer and Habermas as some of his main interlocutors, has developed a substantial and distinctive body of political thought. On the one hand, it articulates a rich conception of the paradoxical character of the domain of politics. On the other, it provides a fresh approach to major topics such as the relationship among politics, economics, and ethics and between concern for universal human rights and respect for cultural plurality. His work, rooted as it is in Aristotle, Kant and Hegel, also provides resources for a rethinking of the issues at stake in the liberal-communitarian debate.
Reviews
This book has an elegant structure . . . Dauenhauer's treatment of Ricur in fact dovetails so well with his own political thought . . . that it is difficult to tell where Ricur ends and Dauenhauer begins..... -- Kevin Orange * Radical Philosophy *
Professor Dauenhauer has provided the English language literature with a unique, major critical assessment of Ricoeur's political and social writings.The work is highly recommended. * Journal of Church and State *
This is an important contribution to Ricur studies by an able philosopher who has a keen appreciation for and excellent control of his subject..... -- James B. Sauer, St. Mary's University * Philosophy in Review *
This is an important contribution to Ricur studies by an able philosopher who has a keen appreciation for and excellent control of his subject. -- James B. Sauer, St. Mary's University * Philosophy in Review *
This book has an elegant structure . . . Dauenhauer's treatment of Ricur in fact dovetails so well with his own political thought . . . that it is difficult to tell where Ricur ends and Dauenhauer begins. -- Kevin Orange * Radical Philosophy *
Author Bio
Bernard P. Dauenhauer is professor of philosophy at the University of Georgia. His most recent publications include Citizenship in a Fragile World (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1996).
