{"product_id":"welcoming-the-other-student-stranger-and-divine-9781793631206","title":"Welcoming the Other: Student, Stranger, and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe modern turn in political philosophy established the ontological primacy of the ego, reducing the community to a mere assemblage of individuals, and led to the repudiation of natural duties in favor of inherent individual rights. The modern project culminated in the work of Friedrich Nietzsche, whose emphasis on radical individuation left human beings both liberated and exiled. Individuals were free to create (and to recreate) themselves anew, but they were simultaneously uprooted from any larger community. Indeed, the very possibility of shared meaning, let alone shared political life, was called into question. This volume consists of essays addressing the efforts of philosophers, artists, caretakers, and—perhaps most importantly—teachers to reestablish a foundation for political life in postmodernity. The origins of these efforts are diverse, and their modes are varied. Individuals seek communion with the divine, either with or through others; they pursue friendship among strangers; and they search for meaningful relationships in both the classroom and the public square. Reflecting the various means by which individuals seek communion with others and with the transcendent, divine Other, the essays contained in this volume explore the modes through which individuals forge relationships with others in an age of isolation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWayne Parent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Search for Community in the Postmodern Age\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eN. Susan Laehn\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas R. Laehn\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: The Subversiveness of Desire: Descartes, Hobbes, and the Suppression of the Erotic in Modern Thought\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas R. Laehn\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Political Participation as Participation in the Transcendent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam P. Schulz, Jr.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Toward a Politics of Care: Heidegger, Freedom, and the Moral-Political Posture of Authentic Solicitude\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrea D. Conque\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Subjectivity in Crisis: Emmanuel Levinas and Albert Camus on Exile and Hospitality\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eN. Susan Laehn\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5: The Poets \u0026amp; Professor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter A. Petrakis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6: The Role of Care Structures in Wendell Berry’s Hannah Coulter: Surrogacy, Memory, and Membership in Port William, Kentucky\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrew Kennedy Thompson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Terror, Nihilism, and Joy: Reconsidering Camus’s Confrontation with Political Violence\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Randolph LeBlanc\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Paul Simmons\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8: The Birth of Tragedy: Political Theory and the Classroom\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eW. King Mott\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9: Political Philosophy as Apprenticeship and Practice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid D. Corey\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfterword: Cecil, Nikos, and Me\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames F. Lea\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042661728599,"sku":"9781793631206","price":72.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781793631206.jpg?v=1750955063","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/welcoming-the-other-student-stranger-and-divine-9781793631206","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}