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| Other authors / contributors: | Goldenstein, Catherine, editor.
Blamey, Kathleen, translator.
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| ISBN: | 9781509534500
1509534504
9781509534517
1509534512
9781509534524
9781509544172 (PDF ebook)
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| Notes: | "Originally published in French as Philosophie, éthique et politique: Entretiens et dialogues. Textes prepares et présentés par Catherine Goldenstein. Préface de Michaël Fœssel Editions du Seuil, 2017."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Summary: | "One of leading philosophers of the twentieth century addresses some of the central questions of political philosophy and ethics"--
"In this series of interviews and dialogues which took place between 1981 and 2003, Paul Ricoeur addresses some of the central questions of political philosophy and ethics: justice, violence, war, the environmental crisis, the question of evil, ethical and political action in the polis. Philosophical issues are brought to bear on present-day concerns and the practical realities of contemporary politics. How can the philosopher speak about politics without claiming superior insight or a higher order of knowledge? Ricoeur distinguishes three levels of society: 'tools' (modes of production and the accumulation of technology), 'institutions' (which are tied to national cultures) and 'values' (which claim to be universal). The philosopher's task is to probe each of these levels and open up spaces for reflection, criticism and democratic deliberation. It is to explore the paradoxes of the political rather than invoking certainties dictated by conscience. Just as there no longer exists a grand narrative about the past, so too there is no longer any utopia capable of projecting the desired future. What remains is human creativity, which marks the source common to the institutional frameworks that are already present and the horizons that extend beyond them. The philosopher's engagement lies in the promise to revive this source at the very moment it appears to dry up under the weight of the real. This volume of interviews and dialogues with one of the most important French philosophers of the post-war period will be of interest to anyone interested in the great political and ethical questions of our time." --
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| Other form: | Online version: Ricoeur, Paul, Philosophy, ethics and politics Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA, USA : Polity, 2020. 9781509534524
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| Standard no.: | 40030288483
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