Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. xiii, 207 pages; 24 cm

Summary

1. "Taking the postmodern sense of alienation and fragmentation seriously, Nature and Spirit: An Essay in Ecstatic Naturalism provides an alternative perspective for understanding the self and its world. The focus shifts away from a purely textual or deconstructive reading of the world toward a metaphysical conception of nature and spirit, which jointly provide an ultimate meaning for the self."--Jacket
2. "Phenomenological descriptions are made of the human process and its struggles between its finite and transcendent dimensions. The self is located within both natural and interpretive (i.e., hermeneutic) communities, and the semiotic implications of both types of community are detailed. The phenomenon of worldhood, i.e., that which is not a world or within the world but which locates and encompasses all worlds, is examined from the standpoint of a transformation of Heidegger's formulations. The pragmatic and semiotic dimensions of worldhood are defined in the context of an enlarged conception of nature. Finally, God's several dimensions are explored as they relate to each other and to the world within which they are often embedded. Process theology is challenged for its failure to explore what the author considers to be the fragmented yet self-transfiguring quality of the divine life."--Jacket

Uniform title

1. Fordham American philosophy.

Alternative title

1. Nature & spirit.

Subject

1. WELT
2. Naturalism
3. Philosophy of nature
4. naturalism (philosophical movement)
5. Naturalism
6. Philosophy of nature
7. Naturalismus
8. Phänomenologie
9. Metaphysik
10. Existenz
11. Gott
12. Natur
13. Geist
14. Welt

Contents

1. Introduction: The Method and Scope of the Treatise -- 1. Human Process -- 2. Signs of Community -- 3. Worldhood -- 4. Divine Natures.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Note

1. Spine title: Nature & spirit.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-202) and indexes.