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Paperback. Michel Henry defends the illuminating thesis that Incarnation is not existence in a body, but existence in the flesh. It is not in a body that flesh appears originally, but being in the flesh that comes first. For only in flesh can one see or touch, feel joy or sorrow, hunger or thirstuand undergo each of these impressions as oneAEs own. Series: Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Michel Henry defends the illuminating thesis that Incarnation is not existence in a body, but existence in the flesh. It is not in a body that flesh appears originally, but being in the flesh that comes first. For only in flesh can one see or touch, feel joy or sorrow, hunger or thirst—and undergo each of these impressions as one’s own. But how does flesh come into this condition? How is life given to it so that it can feel itself, or anything else, in this way? Christianity’s fundamental thesis, on which its fate plays out in every generation, is ... Read more
Michel Henry defends the illuminating thesis that Incarnation is not existence in a body, but existence in the flesh. It is not in a body that flesh appears originally, but being in the flesh that comes first. For only in flesh can one see or touch, feel joy or sorrow, hunger or thirst—and undergo each of these impressions as one’s own. But how does flesh come into this condition? How is life given to it so that it can feel itself, or anything else, in this way? Christianity’s fundamental thesis, on which its fate plays out in every generation, is ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Evanston, United States
ISBN
9780810131262
SKU
V9780810131262
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About Michel Henry
Michel Henry (1922–2002) was a leading French philosopher and prize-winning novelist. His books previously translated into English include Barbarism (2012), Material Phenomenology (2008), and Genealogy of Psychoanalysis (1993). Karl Hefty currently holds an Arthur J. Ennis, O.S.A. Postdoctoral Fellowship at Villanova University in Pennsylvania, USA.
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