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Marion is one of the most important (and brilliant) contemporary French philosophers following in the wake of the 1968 generation of Foucault, Derrida, and Lyotard. His works are now steadily translated into English, but they are still not well-known outside a fairly small circle of scholars in phenomenology, theology, and early modern thought. This is due in part to the rather daunting confluence of sources in his thought--particularly phenomenology (Husserl and Heidegger) and Catholic theology (particularly von Balthasar and de Lubac). Horner (Australian Catholic Univ.) is well acquainted with both of these streams of thought, and has here provided what was sorely needed: an erudite introduction to the key themes in Marion's work, presented in a form accessible to advanced undergraduates, without sacrificing complexity. The book also includes excerpts from Marion's work and a nearly exhaustive bibliography of primary and secondary sources. An excellent resource. ^BSumming Up: Highly recommended. Upper-level undergraduates through faculty/researchers. J. K. A. Smith Calvin College
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