{"product_id":"augustine-for-the-philosophers-9781481300872","title":"Augustine for the Philosophers","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAugustine's contributions to rhetoric and the philosophy of communication remain relatively uncharted. \u003cem\u003eAugustine for the Philosophers\u003c\/em\u003e recovers these contributions, revisiting Augustine's prominence in the work of continental philosophers who shaped rhetoric and the philosophy of communication in the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"These discussions about the interactions of major figures of twentieth-century European philosophy with Augustine's thought place communication scholars in the midst of a dynamic dialogue that offers new perspectives on communication, rhetoric, time, thought, and human nature.\"  --Paul A. Soukup, S.J., Professor and Department Head, Communication Department, Santa Clara University\u003cbr\u003e\" Augustine for the Philosophers  converses with Heidegger, Husserl, Arendt, and other pivotal continental thinkers in writings by leading rhetorical scholars. Framing the discussion with his own essays, editor Calvin Troup speaks directly to the fresh thought an ancient author brings to contemporary issues.\"  --Helen M. Sterk, Professor and Head, Department of Communication, Western Kentucky University, former editor of the  Journal of Communication and Religion\u003cbr\u003e\"This splendid collection discovers St. Augustine as a forgotten father of rhetorical studies and philosophy of communication. The classical is charged with new relevance, and the contemporary with deep indebtedness. For both scholar and student, St. Augustine will never be the same.\"  --Amit Pinchevski, Senior Lecturer, Department of Communication and Journalism, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem\u003cbr\u003eThe essays in Troup's volume, in addition to charting relations between Augustine and continental philosophy, point to further avenues of scholarship concerning the relationship between Augustine, rhetoric, and philosophy... -- Martin Camper -- Rhetoric Society Quarterly\u003cbr\u003eIn Augustine for the Philosophers, Calvin L. Troup assembles an elegant collection of inquiries into the various insights a dialogue between the continental philosophical tradition and the works of St. Augustine can afford towards the study of rhetoric...Students of rhetoric and philosophy, regardless of their religious inclinations, will undoubtedly find this work an invaluable resource. -- Thomas McNulty -- Augustinian Studies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePREFACE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003ci\u003eCalvin L. Troup\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1: The Confessions and the Continentals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003ci\u003eCalvin L. Troup\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2: Augustine and Heidegger on Acknowledging the Importance of Acknowledgment and the Orator's Art\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael J. Hyde\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3: Arendt and Saint Augustine: Identity Otherwise than Convention\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003ci\u003eRonald C. Arnett\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4: Lyotard's Augustine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid J. Depew\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5: Love, and Interpret What You Will: A Postsecular Camus-Augustine Encounter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003ci\u003eRamsey Eric Ramsey \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6: \"\"A Limit that Resides in the Word\"\": Hermeneutic Appropriations of\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJ \u003ci\u003eohn Arthos\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 7: Self Identity and Time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlgis Micknas\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 8: A Time to Be Born, a Time to Die: St. Augustine's Confessions and Paul Ricoeur's Time and Narrative\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndreea Deciu Ritivoi\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eChapter 9: Ellul \u0026amp; Augustine on Rhetoric \u0026amp; Philosophy of Communication\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eC \u003ci\u003ealvin L. Troup and Clifford G. Christians\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eEPILOGUE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eCalvin L. Troup\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Baylor University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53187656843607,"sku":"9781481300872","price":54.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/augustine-for-the-philosophers-9781481300872","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}