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Zusatztext This book, like others in the Oxford Theological Monographs series, is structured clearly and with a helpful index and bibliography. It serves as an in-depth study of Spaemann, as well as a comprehensive introduction. Informationen zum Autor Holger Zaborowski studied philosophy, theology, and Classics at Freiburg, Basel, Cambridge, and Oxford Universities. His main research interests include German idealism, 20th century German philosophy, ethics, and the philosophy of religion. He has published widely in these areas and also on many theological questions. He is co-editor of the Heidegger-Jahrbuch and of Interpretationen und Quellen. He currently teaches at the School of Philosophy of the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Klappentext An analysis of the most important features of Robert Spaemann's philosophy. Holger Zaborowski demonstrates the importance of Spaemann's contribution to a number of contemporary debates in philosophy and theology and explains the unity of his thought. Zusammenfassung An analysis of the most important features of Robert Spaemann's philosophy. Holger Zaborowski demonstrates the importance of Spaemann's contribution to a number of contemporary debates in philosophy and theology and explains the unity of his thought. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Philosophy in a Time of Crisis 2: Conversation, Recollection, and the Search for Happiness: Spaemann's Notion of Philosophy 3: The Dailectic of Enlightenment: Spaemann's Critique of Modernity and its Dialectic 4: Society, Philosophy, and Religion: Spaemann and the Dialectic of Anti-Modernism 5: Nature, Freedom, and Persons: Spaemann's Philosophy of Selbstsein 6: Christianity, Philosophy, and the End of Modernity