Knowing Other-Wise: Philosophy at the Threshold of Spirituality - Couverture souple

Olthuis, James H.

 
9780823217816: Knowing Other-Wise: Philosophy at the Threshold of Spirituality
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0823217817 ISBN 13 : 9780823217816
Editeur : Fordham University Press, 2000

Synopsis

Recent discussions in the various circles of feminism, postmodernism, and environmentalism have begun to make clear that ontology and epistemology without ethics is deadly - oppressive to women, oppressive to men, oppressive to the earth. In response to this crisis of reason in modernity, this collection of essays suggests the importance of knowing other-wise, non-rational ways of knowing which are wise to the "other" - a spiritual knowing of the heart with the passionate eye of love.

Knowing Other-wise calls into question the Western philosophical tradition of giving pride of place to reason in the acquisition of knowledge. Reasoning is only one of many ways in which we engage, i.e. know, the world. We know more than we think. We know by touch, by feel, by taste, by sight, by sounds, by smell, by symbols, by sex, by trust - by means of every modality of human experience. Philosophy becomes, in the fashion of Levinas, "the wisdom of love at the service of love. Tracing connections between epistemology, ethics, and spirituality - between "knowing" and the "other," between an other and the Other - all the essays serve as points of convergence between postmodern discussions and the Calvinian spirituality which is the home for writers in this collection. In particular, this collection explores the contributions of feminist thought and thinkers such as Emmanuel Levinas, Richard Rorty, Jacqes Derrida, and John D. Caputo to a spiritually and ethically sensitive knowing.

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À propos de l'auteur

James H. Olthuis is a senior member in the Philosophical Theology and Ethics Institute for Christian Studies in Toronto and is a Psychotherapist in private practice.

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Éditeur
Fordham University Press
Date d'édition
2000
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0823217817
ISBN 13 
9780823217816
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
268
Coordonnées du fabricant
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9780823217809: Knowing Other-Wise: Philosophy at the Threshold of Spirituality

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0823217809 ISBN 13 :  9780823217809
Editeur : Fordham University Press, 1997
Couverture rigide