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Editor's PrefaceNote on the French EditionI. Theological-Political PrologueChapter 1. The Adventures of the State and the Task of ChristiansChapter 2. From Marxism to Contemporary CommunismChapter 3. Socialism TodayII. The Paradoxes of the PoliticalChapter 4. Hegel TodayChapter 5. Morality, Ethics, and PoliticsChapter 6. Responsibility and FragilityChapter 7. The Paradoxes of AuthorityChapter 8. Happiness, Out of PlaceIII. Politics, Economy, and SocietiesChapter 9. Is Crisis a Phenomenon Specific to Modernity?Chapter 10. Money: From One Suspicion to the NextChapter 11. The Erosion of Tolerance and the Resistance of the IntolerableChapter 12. The Condition of the ForeignerChapter 13. Fragile Identity: Respect for the Other and Cultural IdentityIV. EuropeChapter 14. What new Ethos for Europe?Chapter 15. The Dialogue of Cultures, the Confrontation of HeritagesChapter 16. The Crisis of Historical Consciousness and EuropeV. EpilogueChapter 17. The Struggle for Recognition and the Economy of the GiftOrigin of the TextsNotesIndex
Paul Ricoeur (1913-2005) is widely recognized as one of the most distinguished philosophers of the twentieth century. He was Professor of Philosophy at the Universities of Strasbourg and Paris and he taught for many years at the University of Chicago. His many works include Freud and Philosophy, Time and Narrative, and Oneself as Another.