An in-depth study of the thought of contemporary Spanish philosopher Julian Marias, in the context of Ortega y Gasset and his times and twentieth-century Spanish culture. In A Watch Over Mortality Harold Raley offers the English-speaking world Julián Marías’s compelling alternatives to contemporary minimalist thought, and does so in a dynamic style that itself reflects the humane spirit and verve of what may well prove to be the most innovative philosophy of modern times. Here for the first time Marías’s philosophy is revealed in its full historical depth, its many interrelated levels, its fascinating aperçus, and its real or possible applicability to many humanistic disciplines. In order to do justice to Marías and his way of thinking, Raley narrates the evolution of this philosophy from early antecedents in Germanic and Ortegan phenomenology to Marías’s own original contributions. For this reason A Watch Over Mortality is not only a book about Marías but also about Ortega y Gasset and his times, about twentieth-century Spanish culture, and, ultimately, about the nature of Spain itself. The book is itself an exercise in the very method and style of the philosophy it explicates.

A Watch over Mortality: The Philosophical Story of Julian Marias (Suny Series in Latin American and Iberian Thought and Culture)

Politics & Social Sciences

RALEY, Harold C.

Philosophy

State Univ of New York Pr

History

State University of New York Press

José Ortega y Gasset: philosopher of European unity

University of Alabama Press

Jose Ortega Y Gasset: A Bibliography of Secondary Sources

Reference

Donoso, Anton

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

Bowling Green State Univ philosophy

The Spirit of Spain brims with aperçus and revelations, many of them controversial, others startling, all engrossing. From Roman Hispania to the most recent Spanish trends, Professor Raley narrates the unique story of Spanish civilization. Examples of his original thinking include a "phenomenology of Spanish history," a new theory of the Spanish Renaissance, new concepts of Spanish patriotism and nationalism, and a reinterpretation of Spanish "Stoicism." As the book unfolds he also takes many sidelong looks into Hispanic America and offers a new explanation of Spain's relationship to Moslem Al-Andalus and modern Europe. The book culminates in a radical analysis of "Quixotic life" and its unsuspected significance for the post-modern age.

The Spirit of Spain

Europe

Halcyon Pr Ltd

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