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- Edith Stein lived an unconventional life.
- About the Author: Alasdair MacIntyre is senior research professor of philosophy at University of Notre Dame, IN.
- 208 Pages
- Philosophy, History & Surveys
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Edith Stein lived an unconventional life. Born into a devout Jewish family, she drifted into atheism in her mid teens, took up the study of philosophy, studied with Edmund Husserl, the founder of phenomenology, became a pioneer in the women's movement in Germany, a military nu...Book Synopsis
Edith Stein lived an unconventional life. Born into a devout Jewish family, she drifted into atheism in her mid teens, took up the study of philosophy, studied with Edmund Husserl, the founder of phenomenology, became a pioneer in the women's movement in Germany, a military nurse in World War I, converted from atheism to Catholic Christianity, became a Carmelite nun, was murdered at Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1942, and canonized by Pope John Paul II.Review Quotes
Edith Stein requir[es] slow and careful reading. . . . Nevertheless it opens the eyes to the interest of Stein's early work and its context within the still too obscure world of Continental philosophy.
A remarkable intellectual biography that ends, rather than begins, with [Stein's] conversion. ... Edith Stein is a splendid philosophical book, whose significance over time may come to rival that of After Virtue.
Alasdair MacIntyre shows how the word 'philosophical' can be said of a life as well as a doctrine. He describes the people, events, and ideas in whose company Edith Stein lived in the decade that led to her baptism in 1922, and he defines phenomenology not as a method but as a disposition to let the truth of things come to light. His study of Stein's conversion and those of Reinach (to Protestantism), Rosenzweig (to Judaism) and Lukács (to Marxism) helps us understand the difference between reason and faith.
Among many other virtues of this study of Stein as thinker is MacIntyre's magnificent demonstration of how any philosopher must be situated in the context of where she studied, who her mentors were and the historical moment both inside and outside the academy. A bravo performance.
MacIntyre gives us a meticulously researched biographical introduction.... Very enriching for the reader.... For anyone with a serious interest in Edith as a philosopher - or those with philosophical interests wanting to know more about early 20th-century phenomenology - then this will be required reading.
Throughout, MacIntyre has shown the appreciation of phenomenology that could have changed the course of Anglo-American philosophy had Ryle not followed up on his early review of Heidegger.
About the Author
Alasdair MacIntyre is senior research professor of philosophy at University of Notre Dame, IN. He is the author of nine books, including the influential After Virtue, Three Rival Versions of Moral Enquiry, and A Short History of Ethics.Dimensions (Overall): 6.14 Inches (H) x 8.9 Inches (W) x .6 Inches (D)
Weight: .7 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 208
Genre: Philosophy
Sub-Genre: History & Surveys
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Theme: Modern
Format: Paperback
Author: Alasdair MacIntyre
Language: English
Street Date: May 15, 2007
TCIN: 1004111427
UPC: 9780742559530
Item Number (DPCI): 247-22-9186
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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