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Book SynopsisContends that Josiah Royce bequeathed to philosophy a novel idealism based on an ethico-religious insight. This title examines how Royce's ethico-religious insight could be strengthened by incorporating the philosophical theology of Dr Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr, and Emmanuel Levinas' ethical metaphysics.
Trade Review"Presents a new and enriched understanding of the philosophy of Josiah Royce, a philosopher who is one of the giants in American thought and life." -- -Jacqueline Kegley California State University, Bakersfield "Dwayne Tunstall's linking the philosophy of Josiah Royce to the resurgent tradition of American Personalism is both salutary and promising." -- -J.J. McDermott Texas A&M University "A good first book by a promising, enthusiastic young scholar on an important but neglected figure in American thought." -- -Robin Friedman U.S. Dept of the Interior Division of General Law "Tunstall offers an intensive examination of Royce's general theological system and his radical ethics of loyalty... Highly recommended." -Choice "Well-informed, perceptive, and carefully done." -- -Kelly A. Parker Grand Valley State University
Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction: Encountering Josiah Royce's Ethico-Religious Insight Part I . Josiah Royce's Personalism 1. The 'Conception of God' Debate: Setting the Stage for Royce's Personalism 2. Haunted by Howison's Criticism: The Birth of Royce's Late Philosophy 3. Royce's Late Philosophy 4. Royce's Personalism Part II. Extending Royce's Ethico-Religious Insight: Royce on the Beloved Community, Agape , and Human Temporality 5. Royce's Ethico-Religious Insight: A Hypothetical Postulate? 6. King's Beloved Community, Royce's Metaphysics 7. Coupling Royce's Temporalism with Levinasian Insights Closing Remarks Notes Bibliography Index
