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Robert Spaemann's Philosophy of the Human Person
Nature, Freedom, and the Critique of Modernity
Holger Zaborowski
304 pages
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234x156mm
978-0-19-957677-7
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Hardback
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04 February 2010
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- Provides the first book length introduction to the work of one of the most important living German philosophers working on the interface between philosophy and theology
- Discusses all of Robert Spaemann's writings to date
- Demonstrates the unity and coherence of Spaemann's philosophy and places it in the context of the history of Western thought
- Provides a comparison between Spaemann's philosophy and the work of other contemporary thinkers in philosophy and theology
- Develops a critique of important contemporary thinkers and theological/philosophical schools
The German philosopher Robert Spaemann provides an important contribution to a number of contemporary debates in philosophy and theology, opening up possibilities for conversation between these disciplines. He engages in a dialogue with classical and contemporary positions and often formulates important and original insights which lie beyond common alternatives. In this study Holger Zaborowski provides an analysis of the most important features of Spaemann's philosophy and shows the unity of his thought.
The question 'Who is a person?' is of increasing significance: Are all human beings persons? Are
there animals that can be considered persons? What does it mean to speak of personal identity and of the dignity of the person? Spaemann provides an answer to these questions: Every human being, he argues, is a person and, therefore, 'has' his nature in freedom. In order to understand the person, Spaemann explains, we have to think about the relation between nature and freedom and avoid the reductive accounts of this relation prevalent in important strands of modern thought.
Spaemann develops a challenging critique of modernity, incorporating analysis of modern anti-modernisms and showing that these are also subject to a dialectical development, perpetuating the problematic shortcomings of many features of modern reasoning. If we do not want to abolish ourselves as
persons, Spaemann reasons, we need to find a way of understanding ourselves that evades the dialectic of modernity. Thus, he reminds his readers of 'self-evident' knowledge: insights that we have once already known, but tend to forget.Readership: Scholars and Students of the philosophy of Religion; of philosophical theology; of the work of Robert Spaemann
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Holger Zaborowski, Assistant Professor, School of Philosophy, the Catholic University of America, Washington D.C.
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"This book, like others in the Oxford Theological Monographs series, is structured clearly and with a helpful index and bibliography. It serves as an in-depth study of Spaemann, as well as a comprehensive introduction." - Nigel Zimmermann, Expository Times
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1: Philosophy in a Time of Crisis
2: Conversation, Recollection, and the Search for Happiness: Spaemann's Notion of Philosophy
3: The Dailectic of Enlightenment: Spaemann's Critique of Modernity and its Dialectic
4: Society, Philosophy, and Religion: Spaemann and the Dialectic of Anti-Modernism
5: Nature, Freedom, and Persons: Spaemann's Philosophy of Selbstsein
6: Christianity, Philosophy, and the End of Modernity
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