The Metamorphosis of Finitude: An Essay on Birth and Resurrection
Emmanuel Falque
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Description for The Metamorphosis of Finitude: An Essay on Birth and Resurrection
Paperback. Reads resurrection in the context of contemporary philosophy, notably Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, and Deleuze Translator(s): Hughes, George. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
This book starts off from a philosophical premise: nobody can be in the world unless they are born into the world. It examines this premise in the light of the theological belief that birth serves, or ought to serve, as a model for understanding what resurrection could signify for us today. After all, the modern Christian needs to find some way of understanding resurrection, and the dogma of the resurrection of the body is vacuous unless we can relate it philosophically to our own world of experience.
Nicodemus first posed the question "How can anyone be born after ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
Series
Perspectives in Continental Philosophy
Number of Pages
214
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780823239214
SKU
V9780823239214
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99-14
About Emmanuel Falque
Emmanuel Falque is Honorary Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy at the Catholic University of Paris. His most recent book in English is The Wedding Feast of the Lamb: Eros, the Body, and the Eucharist. George Hughes has served as Professor in the Faculty of Letters at the University of Tokyo.
Reviews for The Metamorphosis of Finitude: An Essay on Birth and Resurrection
"Emmanuel Falque is an important new voice in Continental philosophy of religion. His study of human finitude and corporeality in light of questions of birth and resurrection represents one of the finest examples of the vigorous contemporary conversation between Continental philosophy and theology."
-Christina M. Gschwandtner University of Scranton
-Christina M. Gschwandtner University of Scranton