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Nature and Spirit - An Essay in Ecstatic Naturalism (Paperback, New)
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Nature and Spirit: An Essay in Ecstatic Naturalism develops an
enlarged conception of nature that in turn calls for a transformed
naturalism. Unline more descriptive naturalisms, such as those by
Dewey, Santayana, and Buchler, ecstatic naturalism works out of the
fundamental ontological difference between nature naturing(natura
naturans) and nature natured (natura naturata). This difference
underlies all other variations within a generic conception of
nature. The spirit operates within a generic conception of nature.
The spirit operates within a fragmented nature and has its own
unique locations. Ecstatic naturalism does not eulogize spirit nor
impose a process theodicy upon nature as a whole but carefully
describes the ways in which spirit emerges from finite locations
within the world. Methodologically, the text radically regrounds
phenomenology so that it can work more closely with a metaphysics
seeking the most generic forms of nature. The move from a
transcendental phenomenology, which rests upon a profound
misconception of the parcel of a radicalized naturalism, makes it
possible to show how all orders of relevance are related to nature
and to the spirit. This, in turn relocates the human process, with
its dialectical tension between finitude and transendence, and
places the self fully within the emergent structures of the
community of interpreters as that community lives out of hope. The
concept of worldhood is regrounded in pragmatic and semiotic terms,
thus putting pressure on Heidegger's formulations. Peirce's
pragmatic categorical structure is used to show how worldhood
differs from any other order within the world. The correlation of
the potencies of nature, which are presemiotic and preordinal, wit
the orders of the world itself, is possible only through an ordinal
phenomenology that remains attuned to the fundamental difference
between nature naturing (the potencies) and nature natured (the
orders of the world). Finally, the text redefines the divine
natures in the light of an ecstatic naturalism that sees god as an
order within the world that experiences the fragmented quality of
nature. Process theology is challenged for its inability to grasp
the tensions between god and the encompassing. Four divine natures
are laid bare as they relate to nature and to each other. The work
concludes with a description of the divine life in the face of the
encompassing.
General
Imprint: |
Fordham University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
1992 |
First published: |
1992 |
Authors: |
Robert S Corrington
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade / Trade
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Pages: |
224 |
Edition: |
New |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8232-1363-4 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
0-8232-1363-3 |
Barcode: |
9780823213634 |
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