Transformation of the Self in the Thought of Schleiermacher

ISBN-13: 9780199206377 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 288 str.

Jacqueline Marina

Opis

The work of German theologian Friedrich Schleiermacher (17681834) has played a key role in the development of Protestant thought. Despite the importance of Schleiermacher's ethical theory, it has received little attention in the English-speaking world. Jacqueline Marina's book offers a corrective to this neglect, inviting philosophers and theologians to reassess his work and influence and the relevance of his thought to contemporary debates concerning the relation of religion and morality.
Marina begins by acknowledging Schleiermacher's early struggle to come to terms with Kant's practical philosophy, and his changing approach to Spinozism. Moving on to analyse the mature writings, Marina engages with Schleiermacher's ideas on the moral transformation of the self, firstly in regard to the self-consciousness of the individual vis-a-vis his community, and secondly in regard to the philosophical problem of religious pluralism.
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Recenzje

Jacqueline Marina's book is one of the best things I have seen on Schleiermacher, giving a compelling and accessible account of his conception of ethics as a descriptive historical study. It is a major contribution to the study of German philosophy and religious thought in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

O autorze

Jacqueline Mariña is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Purdue University, Indiana. She has written numerous articles on both Kant and Schleiermacher.