{"product_id":"a-companion-to-ricoeurs-the-symbolism-of-evil-9781498587167","title":"A Companion to Ricoeurs The Symbolism of Evil","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Symbolism of Evil is the final book in Ricoeur's early trilogy on the will. While Freedom and Nature sets aside normative questions altogether and Fallible Man examines the question of what makes the bad will possible, here Ricoeur takes up the question of evil in its actuality. What is the nature of the will that has succumbed to evil? The question of evil resists reflection and remains inscrutable, leading Ricoeur to proceed indirectly through a study of the abundant resources contained in symbols and myths. Symbols, as Ricoeur famously says, give rise to thought and thereby open up a field of meanings which help to inform a philosophical reflection on evil. This hermeneutics of symbols signals an important shift in Ricoeur's philosophical trajectory, which increasingly turns to language and the various forms of discourse which harbor multiple meanings. The contributors to this volume, edited by Scott Davidson, highlight a wide range of important themes in Ricoeur's treatment of \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This companion to Ricoeur's Symbolism of Evil addresses the radical implications of his famous 'hermeneutic turn' in the 1960s. Editor, Scott Davidson, does an excellent job bringing together expert critical commentaries from both the first and second generation of Ricoeur scholars. It is a very welcome addition to the growing hermeneutic conversation.\" -- Richard Kearney, Boston College\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Ricœur has always considered the disconcerting and scandalous experience of evil as the \"richest source of interrogative thought\" and for this reason the question of evil occupies a central place within his whole work. In this third and last volume devoted to the Philosophy of the Will, Scott Davidson has assembled a very rich collection of chapters that highlight the significance and the profound originality of the Ricœurian hermeneutics of the symbols and myths of evil. \" \u003c\/p\u003e -- Jean-Luc Amalric, Etudes Ricœuriennes\/Ricœur Studies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction to The Symbolism of Evil\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScott Davidson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart I: Reflections on Evil and Its Primary Symbols \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: The Question of Evil \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJérôme Porée\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2: The Ambiguity of Flesh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdam J. Graves\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3: Ricoeur’s Phenomenological Hermeneutics of Sin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarc-Antoine Vallée\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4: On the Servile Will\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDaniel Frey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart II: The Secondary Symbolics of Evil: Religious Ritual, Metaphor, and Myth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5: Why Religious Symbols? Accounting for an Unfashionable Approach\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePetruschka Schaafsma\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6: Wagering for a Second Naïveté? Tensions in Ricoeur’s Account of the \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSymbolism of Evil\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChristina M. Gschwandtner \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7: Between Barth and Eliade: Ricoeur’s Mediation of the Word and the Sacred\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrian Gregor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8: Metaphor as Dynamic Myth in Ricoeur\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eColby Dickinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9: Salvation as Knowledge: Ricoeur’s Reading of Plato\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScott Davidson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart III: What Does the Symbol Give?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10: The Symbol Gives Rise to Race \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNathan D. Pederson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11: The Symbol Gives Rise to Theology: A Poetics of Theology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDan R. Stiver\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12: The Symbol Gives Rise to Faith (Perhaps): Theopoetics and the Gift of a Second Naiveté\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eB. Keith Putt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Contributors\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040850280791,"sku":"9781498587167","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781498587167.jpg?v=1750948054","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-companion-to-ricoeurs-the-symbolism-of-evil-9781498587167","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}