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Thine Own Self: Individuality in Edith Stein's Later Writings
Sarah Borden Sharkey
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Description for Thine Own Self: Individuality in Edith Stein's Later Writings
Paperback. Focuses on Edith Stein's later writings and in particular her magnum opus, "Finite and Eternal Being". This book investigates Stein's account of human individuality and her mature philosophical positions on being and essence. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
Edith Stein was one of the important early phenomenologists. A German-Jewish philosopher, Discalced Carmelite nun, martyr, and saint who died in Auschwitz, Stein participated in the early 20th century revival of scholasticism and was much admired by John Paul II. ""Thine Own Self"" focuses on Stein's later writings and in particular her magnum opus, ""Finite and Eternal Being"". Although completed in 1936, Stein's book was not published at the time because of the new laws against non-Aryan publications, and the work sat completed but unread until after World War II. The recent availability of this book in English makes a ... Read more
Edith Stein was one of the important early phenomenologists. A German-Jewish philosopher, Discalced Carmelite nun, martyr, and saint who died in Auschwitz, Stein participated in the early 20th century revival of scholasticism and was much admired by John Paul II. ""Thine Own Self"" focuses on Stein's later writings and in particular her magnum opus, ""Finite and Eternal Being"". Although completed in 1936, Stein's book was not published at the time because of the new laws against non-Aryan publications, and the work sat completed but unread until after World War II. The recent availability of this book in English makes a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9780813216829
SKU
V9780813216829
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About Sarah Borden Sharkey
SARAH BORDEN SHARKEY, associate professor of philosophy at Wheaton College, is author of Edith Stein in the series Outstanding Christian Thinkers.
Reviews for Thine Own Self: Individuality in Edith Stein's Later Writings
Individual form is the key idea in understanding the later Stein. Borden Sharkey's work represents the first book length study of the issue in English and without a doubt offers the most significant contribution to the scholarship in this area. She presents a detailed analysis of Stein's theory in a way which is fair to Stein, helpful to the reader, ... Read more