What is a person? : realities, constructs, illusions /

What is a person? : realities, constructs, illusions /

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Author / Creator:	Rist, John M., author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2020. ©2020
Description:	vii, 288 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Personalism. Philosophical anthropology. Persons. Agent (Philosophy) Agent (Philosophy) Personalism. Persons. Philosophical anthropology.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12027035

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ISBN:	9781108478076 1108478077 9781108784160
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"In this book, John Rist offers an account of the concept of "person" as it has developed in the West, and how it has become alien in a post- Christian culture. He begins by identifying the 'Mainline Tradition' about persons as it evolved from the time of Plato to the High Middle Ages, then turns to successive attacks on it in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, then proceeds to the 'Five Ways' in which the Tradition was savaged or distorted in the nineteenth century and beyond. He concludes by considering whether ideas from contemporary philosophical movements, those that combine a closer analysis of human nature with a more traditional metaphysical background may enable the Tradition to be restored. A timely book on a theme of universal significance, Rist ponders whether we persons matter, and how we have reached a position where we are not sure whether we do"--
Other form:	Online version: Rist, John M. What is a person? Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA, 2020. 9781108784160

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