Rationalities, Historicities (Contemporary Studies in Philosophy and the Human Sciences)

Dominique Janicaud

Prometheus+books

On the Human Condition (Thinking in Action)

The potential to clone, augment, and repair human beings is pushing the very concept of the human to its limit. Fantasies and metaphors of a supposedly monstrous and inhuman future increasingly dominate films, art and popular culture. On the Human Condition is an invigorating and fascinating exploration of where the idea of the human stands today. Given the damage human beings have inflicted on each other and their environment throughout history, should we embrace humanism or try and overcome it? Dominique Janicaud explores these urgent questions and more. He argues that whilst we need to avoid apocalyptic talk of a post human condition, as embodied in technology such as cloning, we should neither fall back on a conservative humanism nor become technophobic. Drawing on illuminating examples such as genetic engineering, the novel Frankenstein, the legendary debate between Sartre and Heidegger over humanism, and the work of Primo Levi, Domnique Janicaud also explores the role of fantasy in understanding the human condition and asks where the line lies between the human, inhuman and the superhuman.

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Routledge

Phenomenology and the Theological Turn: The French Debate (Perspectives in Continental Philosophy)

Phenomenology and the "Theological Turn" brings together the debate over Janicaud's critique of the "theological turn" represented by the works of Emmanuel Levinas, Paul RicÅ? ur, Jean-Luc Marion, Jean-FranÃ§ois Courtine, Jean-Louis ChrÃ©tien, and Michel Henry.

Jean-Francois Courtine

Jean-Louis Chretien

Jean-Luc Marion

Paul Riccoeur

Michel, Henry

Fordham University Press

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Dominique Janicaud. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Dominique Janicaud