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Poetics of the Sensible

Breton Stanislas
Innbundet / 2024 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9781350386853
Publisert
2024-02-08
Utgiver
Vendor
Bloomsbury Academic
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
176

Forfatter
Breton Stanislas
Oversetter
Horton Sarah

Biographical note

Stanislas Breton was a French theologian and philosopher. He taught at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, the Catholic University of Paris and the Catholic University of Lyon, France. Sarah Horton is pursuing research in philosophy at the Catholic University of Paris and the Australian Catholic University

Poetics of the Sensible

Breton Stanislas
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Breton Stanislas
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You hold in your hands a sparkling masterpiece by a legendary master of Continental thought remarkably well-rendered into English. As soon as you catch your breath, wonder strikes yet again as you journey through the poetics of the sensible with Stanislas Breton as your guide.

William C. Hackett, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology, USA

Breton's Neoplatonic and Scholastic background enables him to go beyond phenomenology in exploring the ontological and cosmological significance of the senses. The style of this contemplative essay, enriched by imaginative reading of Scripture, conveys the warmth and benevolence of one who always used both heart and head in his plucky "<i>respondens dico</i>" to the questions of the hour. He ends by inviting our senses to perceive traces of divine presence in icons, cathedrals, Kyoto gardens, and in the faces of a sufferer and of a child.

Joseph S. O'Leary, Former Roche Professor for Interreligious Dialogue, Nanzan University, Japan

In the first English language translation of this classic late 20th-century text within French Catholic thought, Poetics of the Sensible brings together insights from Neoplatonism and phenomenology with a distinctive and innovative approach. Taking a stance within the generative conception of human language represented by continental thinkers such as Humboldt and Herder and powerfully articulated today by Charles Taylor, Stanislas Breton expands the sense of the “poetic”—the constructive meaning-bearing capacity that is a core characteristic of humanity—to include the body and its senses phenomenologically intertwined with the world. Defying Heidegger’s prohibition on the question of God alongside contemporary thinkers such as Jean-Luc Marion, Jean-Louis Chrétien and Emmanuel Falque, he boldly writes of God, of the angel, of the icon, and of prayer in a refusal to bracket his religious faith. Against a Neoplatonic backdrop, Breton promotes the dense material dimensions of embodied signification as paradoxically harbouring meaning that is greater than that of conceptual abstraction alone. Illuminating Breton’s poetic and allusive discourse, Poetics of the Sensible showcases his unique voice in French philosophy, phenomenology and the philosophy of religion and is essential reading for scholars and students alike.
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Preface by Jean Greisch Translator’s Note Introduction 1. Sensible, Sense, Sensibility 2. The Meta Function 3. Mask and Metastasis 4. The Angel’s Wing: The Feast of the Ascension and of Metaphor 5. The Metamorphoses of Fire 6. Tastes, Fragrances, Colors 7. The Abode 8. Figure, Image, Icon Notes Bibliography Index
Les mer
You hold in your hands a sparkling masterpiece by a legendary master of Continental thought remarkably well-rendered into English. As soon as you catch your breath, wonder strikes yet again as you journey through the poetics of the sensible with Stanislas Breton as your guide.
Les mer
Brings together insights from Neoplatonism and phenomenology with a distinctive and innovative approach.
The first English language translation of the classic late 20th-century text within French Catholic thought
Explorations in Philosophy and Theology promotes philosophical and theological works committed to drawing on both disciplines, without either holding them strictly apart or overlooking important differences between them. Committed to developments sharpened since the work of Kant, German idealism, and Nietzsche, the series favours philosophical approaches covered under the umbrella of ‘continental European.’ Creating a space for theological approaches historically informed and actively engaged via modern thought and culture, the series focuses on Christian theology in the first instance, but not to the exclusion of work in dialogue with multiple religions. Expanding the historical and cultural origins of both continental European philosophy and Christian theology, here is a platform for work from Africa, Asia, Australia, North and South America. Featuring edited collections, single-authored works, and translations managed by an active and global editorial board, the series is a major destination for scholars working in the continental philosophy of religion today.
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You hold in your hands a sparkling masterpiece by a legendary master of Continental thought remarkably well-rendered into English. As soon as you catch your breath, wonder strikes yet again as you journey through the poetics of the sensible with Stanislas Breton as your guide.

William C. Hackett, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology, USA

Breton's Neoplatonic and Scholastic background enables him to go beyond phenomenology in exploring the ontological and cosmological significance of the senses. The style of this contemplative essay, enriched by imaginative reading of Scripture, conveys the warmth and benevolence of one who always used both heart and head in his plucky "<i>respondens dico</i>" to the questions of the hour. He ends by inviting our senses to perceive traces of divine presence in icons, cathedrals, Kyoto gardens, and in the faces of a sufferer and of a child.

Joseph S. O'Leary, Former Roche Professor for Interreligious Dialogue, Nanzan University, Japan

In the first English language translation of this classic late 20th-century text within French Catholic thought, Poetics of the Sensible brings together insights from Neoplatonism and phenomenology with a distinctive and innovative approach. Taking a stance within the generative conception of human language represented by continental thinkers such as Humboldt and Herder and powerfully articulated today by Charles Taylor, Stanislas Breton expands the sense of the “poetic”—the constructive meaning-bearing capacity that is a core characteristic of humanity—to include the body and its senses phenomenologically intertwined with the world. Defying Heidegger’s prohibition on the question of God alongside contemporary thinkers such as Jean-Luc Marion, Jean-Louis Chrétien and Emmanuel Falque, he boldly writes of God, of the angel, of the icon, and of prayer in a refusal to bracket his religious faith. Against a Neoplatonic backdrop, Breton promotes the dense material dimensions of embodied signification as paradoxically harbouring meaning that is greater than that of conceptual abstraction alone. Illuminating Breton’s poetic and allusive discourse, Poetics of the Sensible showcases his unique voice in French philosophy, phenomenology and the philosophy of religion and is essential reading for scholars and students alike.
Les mer
Preface by Jean Greisch Translator’s Note Introduction 1. Sensible, Sense, Sensibility 2. The Meta Function 3. Mask and Metastasis 4. The Angel’s Wing: The Feast of the Ascension and of Metaphor 5. The Metamorphoses of Fire 6. Tastes, Fragrances, Colors 7. The Abode 8. Figure, Image, Icon Notes Bibliography Index
Les mer
You hold in your hands a sparkling masterpiece by a legendary master of Continental thought remarkably well-rendered into English. As soon as you catch your breath, wonder strikes yet again as you journey through the poetics of the sensible with Stanislas Breton as your guide.
Les mer
Brings together insights from Neoplatonism and phenomenology with a distinctive and innovative approach.
The first English language translation of the classic late 20th-century text within French Catholic thought
Explorations in Philosophy and Theology promotes philosophical and theological works committed to drawing on both disciplines, without either holding them strictly apart or overlooking important differences between them. Committed to developments sharpened since the work of Kant, German idealism, and Nietzsche, the series favours philosophical approaches covered under the umbrella of ‘continental European.’ Creating a space for theological approaches historically informed and actively engaged via modern thought and culture, the series focuses on Christian theology in the first instance, but not to the exclusion of work in dialogue with multiple religions. Expanding the historical and cultural origins of both continental European philosophy and Christian theology, here is a platform for work from Africa, Asia, Australia, North and South America. Featuring edited collections, single-authored works, and translations managed by an active and global editorial board, the series is a major destination for scholars working in the continental philosophy of religion today.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781350386853
Publisert
2024-02-08
Utgiver
Vendor
Bloomsbury Academic
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
176

Forfatter
Breton Stanislas
Oversetter
Horton Sarah

Biographical note

Stanislas Breton was a French theologian and philosopher. He taught at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, the Catholic University of Paris and the Catholic University of Lyon, France. Sarah Horton is pursuing research in philosophy at the Catholic University of Paris and the Australian Catholic University

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