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Creating a Human World
Ernest Daniel Carrere
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Description for Creating a Human World
Paperback. Explores what it means to be human, to live in a shared world, and resist the tendency to flee reality and seek pleasure in material pursuits. This book examines the writings of three modern thinkers, Sigmund Freud, Martin Heidegger, and Soren Kierkegaard. It is for anyone interested in philosophy, psychology, religion, or cultural anthropology. Num Pages: 281 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
In "Creating a Human World", Trappist monk and scholar Ernest Daniel Carrere explores what it means to be fully human, to live in a shared world, and to resist the easy tendency to flee reality and seek pleasure in material pursuits. To do so he examines the writings of three great modern thinkers - Sigmund Freud, Martin Heidegger, and Soren Kierkegaard - and proposes a new reading of their work in light of his own understanding of New Testament teachings. Carrere elucidates the paradoxical spiritual truth that salvation lies not in an escape from humanity, but in embracing it. An ... Read more
In "Creating a Human World", Trappist monk and scholar Ernest Daniel Carrere explores what it means to be fully human, to live in a shared world, and to resist the easy tendency to flee reality and seek pleasure in material pursuits. To do so he examines the writings of three great modern thinkers - Sigmund Freud, Martin Heidegger, and Soren Kierkegaard - and proposes a new reading of their work in light of his own understanding of New Testament teachings. Carrere elucidates the paradoxical spiritual truth that salvation lies not in an escape from humanity, but in embracing it. An ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Scranton Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
281
Condition
New
Number of Pages
281
Place of Publication
Scranton, United States
ISBN
9781589661226
SKU
V9781589661226
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About Ernest Daniel Carrere
Ernest Daniel Carrere has been a Trappist monk at the Abbey of Gethsemani for over thirty years. He holds a doctorate in psychological and religious anthropology from Emory University and a JD from Tulane University.
Reviews for Creating a Human World
"This timely and insightful work provides a cogent diagnosis of our spiritual predicament and makes an urgent plea for the only kind of remedy that might help us to live well as contingent beings." - Rick A. Furtak, Colorado College"