Companion to Ricoeur''s the Symbolism of Evil

Paul Ricoeur's most widely read book, The Symbolism of Evil, examines the structure of a will that has succumbed to evil and discloses its meaning through a study of symbols and myths. This edited collection explores a wide range of themes that resonate with topics in contemporary philosophy and religion.

List of contents

Introduction to The Symbolism of Evil

Scott Davidson

Part I: Reflections on Evil and Its Primary Symbols

Chapter 1: The Question of Evil

Jérôme Porée

Chapter 2: The Ambiguity of Flesh

Adam J. Graves

Chapter 3: Ricoeur's Phenomenological Hermeneutics of Sin

Marc-Antoine Vallée

Chapter 4: On the Servile Will

Daniel Frey

Part II: The Secondary Symbolics of Evil: Religious Ritual, Metaphor, and Myth

Chapter 5: Why Religious Symbols? Accounting for an Unfashionable Approach

Petruschka Schaafsma

Chapter 6: Wagering for a Second Naïveté? Tensions in Ricoeur's Account of the

Symbolism of Evil

Christina M. Gschwandtner

Chapter 7: Between Barth and Eliade: Ricoeur's Mediation of the Word and the Sacred

Brian Gregor

Chapter 8: Metaphor as Dynamic Myth in Ricoeur

Colby Dickinson

Chapter 9: Salvation as Knowledge: Ricoeur's Reading of Plato

Scott Davidson

Part III: What Does the Symbol Give?

Chapter 10: The Symbol Gives Rise to Race

Nathan D. Pederson

Chapter 11: The Symbol Gives Rise to Theology: A Poetics of Theology

Dan R. Stiver

Chapter 12: The Symbol Gives Rise to Faith (Perhaps): Theopoetics and the Gift of a Second Naiveté

B. Keith Putt

About the Contributors

About the author

Scott Davidson is professor of philosophy at West Virginia University.

Summary

Paul Ricoeur’s most widely read book, The Symbolism of Evil, examines the structure of a will that has succumbed to evil and discloses its meaning through a study of symbols and myths. This edited collection explores a wide range of themes that resonate with topics in contemporary philosophy and religion.

Product details

• Authors: Scott Davidson, Scott (Oklahoma City University Usa) Davidson
• Assisted by: Scott Davidson (Editor), Scott (Oklahoma City University Usa) Davidson (Editor), Davidson Scott (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2020
• EAN: 9781498587143
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-8714-3
• No. of pages: 246
• Series: Studies in the Thought of Paul Ricoeur; Studies in the Thought of Paul
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; RELIGION / Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Individual Philosophers, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Religion, Literature: history & criticism, Western philosophy from c 1800, Philosophy of religion, Literature: history and criticism, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -