Converts to the real, Catholicism and the making of continental philosophy, Edward Baring
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Converts to the real, Catholicism and the making of continental philosophy, Edward Baring
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eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 459-476) and index
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index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Converts to the real
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bibliography
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1032671354
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Edward Baring
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Catholicism and the making of continental philosophy
Summary
In the middle decades of the twentieth century phenomenology grew from a local philosophy in a few German towns into a movement that spanned Europe. In Converts to the Real, Edward Baring uncovers an unexpected force behind this prodigious growth: Catholicism. Participating in a tightly-knit transnational community, Catholics helped shuttle ideas between national traditions that were otherwise inward-looking and parochial. In the first half of the twentieth century, they wrote many of the first articles and books introducing phenomenological ideas to new contexts. They even organized the rescue of Edmund Husserl's manuscripts out of Nazi Germany in 1938. But the Catholic fascination with phenomenology was intermixed with a profound anxiety. Catholics worried that phenomenological ideas might prove dangerous to the faith, a possibility exemplified by the intellectual trajectory of Martin Heidegger, whose movement away from the Church was facilitated by his reading of Husserl. Converts to the Real uncovers a surprising genealogy for post-war European thought, with important implications for our understanding of the process of secularization and for the set of schools and ideas we now call "continental philosophy."--, Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
Part I. Neo-scholastic conversions: 1900-1930: The struggle for legitimacy: neo-scholasticism and phenomenology -- Betrayal: Husserl's transcendental turn and the idealism/realism debate -- An ecumenical atheism: Martin Heidegger's existential phenomenology -- The vital faith of Max Scheler -- Part II. Existential journeys: 1930-1940: Christian existentialism across Europe -- The Cartesian Thomist -- The secular Kierkegaard -- The black Nietzsche -- Part III. Catholic legacies: 1940-1950: Saving the Husserl Archives -- Post-war phenomenology
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Catholicism and the making of continental philosophy
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- Katholizismus
- Théologie phénoménologique + Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Phenomenology
- Phénoménologie + Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Philosophy and religion -- Europe -- History -- 20th century
- Catholic Church and philosophy -- Europe
- Philosophie chrétienne + Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Catholiques -- Europe -- Vie intellectuelle -- 20e siècle
- Phenomenology + History -- 20th century
- Église catholique et philosophie -- Europe
- Église catholique et philosophie + Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Phenomenological theology
- Catholics -- Europe -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
- Christian philosophy + History -- 20th century
- Phenomenological theology + History -- 20th century
- Philosophie
- Husserl, Edmund, 1859-1938 -- Influence
- Catholic Church and philosophy + History -- 20th century
- Phänomenologie
- Europa
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- Creator1
- Subject20
- Katholizismus
- Théologie phénoménologique + Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Phenomenology
- Phénoménologie + Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Philosophy and religion -- Europe -- History -- 20th century
- Catholic Church and philosophy -- Europe
- Philosophie chrétienne + Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Catholiques -- Europe -- Vie intellectuelle -- 20e siècle
- Phenomenology + History -- 20th century
- Église catholique et philosophie -- Europe
- Église catholique et philosophie + Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Phenomenological theology
- Catholics -- Europe -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
- Christian philosophy + History -- 20th century
- Phenomenological theology + History -- 20th century
- Philosophie
- Husserl, Edmund, 1859-1938 -- Influence
- Catholic Church and philosophy + History -- 20th century
- Phänomenologie
- Europa
- Content1
- Author1
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