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Book SynopsisThe Problem of the Idea of Culture in John Paul II: Exposing the Disruptive Agency of the Philosophy of Karol Wojtyla exposes Wojtyla as a disruptive agency in contemporary philosophical debates, reformulating the problem of experience in light of the questions surrounding our idea of culture. Reconsidering the anthropological foundations of this idea, John Corrigan argues that the problem of experience manifests in the apparently divergent accounts of the meaning of human experience as presented by the philosophies of being and of consciousness. Wojtyla's contemplation of the meaning of human existence led him to the problems of the structure of the person, human action, and the constitutive aspects of human culture. Analyzing the first two problems leads to an idea of the person capable of explaining human experience in relation to human culture; a proper understanding unfolds the experiences of self-knowledge, conscience, and the ontic-causal relationship of the person to human cult
Table of ContentsContents Preface Part I The Problem of the Constitution of Culture as Idea and Thing Introduction Chapter 1: Theoretical Components Chapter 2: A Proper Idea of Human Culture Requires a Proper Idea of the Humanum and of the Human Person Chapter 3: The Constitution of Human Culture Through Human Praxis Part II The Problem of The Idea of Cluture: Considered Thematically Chapter 4: Critique of Errant Ideas in Relation to the Person and Culture Chapter 5: John Paul II’s “Definitions” of Culture Chapter 6: The “Culture of ‘X’ Expressions” of John Paul II Conclusion Appendix: Important Vocabulary Afterword: The Relationship Between Pope John Paul II and President Ronald Reagan Cold War Theo Drama by Robert Orlando
