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The Postmodern Saints of France - Refiguring 'the Holy' in Contemporary French Philosophy (Hardcover, New)
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The Postmodern Saints of France - Refiguring 'the Holy' in Contemporary French Philosophy (Hardcover, New)
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From the mid to the late 20th century various French thinkers have
at times toyed with the label of 'the saint', applying it to
friends, colleagues, the revered and even the worshipped such as
Genet, Sartre, Camus or Foucault. Despite this profaning of the
term, however, there are many subtle truths which emerge from its
usage among such writers. This volume is devoted to exploring
certain varied notions of 'the saint' in recent French
philosophical and literary thought from within a theological
context, offering insights and valuable contributions toward how we
understand sainthood in cultural, philosophical and religious
terms. Each essay focuses on the convergence of a particular
author's work and their various (re)formulations of 'saintliness'
in their writings, whether this concept is directly expressed in
their writings or not. In general, the aim of the volume is to
develop a critical engagement between each authors' philosophical
worldview and historical notions of sainthood, such that we are
capable of providing new understandings of what a 'saint' could be
said to be in our world today.
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