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Book SynopsisThis book gathers six trenchant new analyses of the idea of the person as raised by the German philosopher and social theorist Max Scheler (1874–1928). The issues raised in the volume are both timely and perennial, from considerations of postmodernity, phenomenology, and metaphysics, to sharp-edged comparisons with other thinkers, including Immanuel Kant, Martin Heidegger, Emmanuel Levinas, Eric Voegelin, Richard Rorty, and Hannah Arendt.
Trade Review”The papers contained in this volume fulfill the promise of its subtitle. They offer new, significant, and interesting contributions to our understanding of Scheler, and especially of the relationship between the phenomenology and his metaphysics. The volume will serve well in advancing the resurgence of interest in Scheler’s philosophy.” in: American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 79, No. 1 (2005)
Table of ContentsMax Scheler, 1928 Preface Foreword by Manfred S. Frings INTRODUCTION Stephen SCHNECK: Introduction ONE Michael D. BARBER: Modern and Postmodern Aspects of Scheler’s later Personalism TWO Philip BLOSSER: Scheler’s Concept of the Person Against Its Kantian Background THREE Daniel O. DAHLSTROM: Scheler’s Critique of Heidegger’s Fundamental Ontology FOUR Eugene KELLY: Ethical Personalism and the Unity of the Person FIVE William PETROPULOS: Max Scheler and Eric Voegelin on the Eternal in Man SIX Stephen SCHNECK: A Question of Space: Max Scheler and Hannah Arendt on the Person’s Place About the Authors Index
