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Bearing Witness to Epiphany: Persons, Things, and the Nature of Erotic Life

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ISBN-10:: 143842504X
ISBN-13:: 9781438425047
Pub. Date:: 01/08/2009
Publisher:: State University of New York Press

ISBN-10:: 143842504X
ISBN-13:: 9781438425047
Pub. Date:: 01/08/2009
Publisher:: State University of New York Press

Bearing Witness to Epiphany: Persons, Things, and the Nature of Erotic Life

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In this probing sequel to the popular and award-winning Human Experience, John Russon asks, "What is it to be a person?" The answer: the key to our humanity lies in our sexuality, where we experience the freedom to shape identities creatively in cooperation with another. With grace and philosophical rigor, Russon shows that an exploration of sexuality not only illuminates the psychological dimensions of our interpersonal lives but also provides the basis for a new approach to ethics and politics. Responsibilities toward others, he contends, develop alongside our personal growth. Bearing Witness to Epiphany brings to light the essential relationship between ethical and political bonds and the development of our powers of expression, leading to a substantial study of the nature and role of art in human life.

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ISBN-13:	9781438425047
Publisher:	State University of New York Press
Publication date:	01/08/2009
Series:	SUNY series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	166
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

John Russon is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Guelph and the author of Human Experience: Philosophy, Neurosis, and the Elements of Everyday Life, also published by SUNY Press.

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I. The Epiphany of the Real

1. Initiations: On Method

Rhythm
The Music of Everyday Life
Wonder
The Bodily a Priori

2. Ambiguity: On Metaphysics

The Body
Perception
Attitude
Marks
Others
Our World

3. Learning and Insight: On Epistemology

Insight
Learning as Growth
Humanity and Tragedy
Humanity and Learning
Humanity and Art
Imperatives
Witnessing

Part II. Bearing Witness

4. Responsibility: On Ethics

Sexuality
Sexuality and Responsibility
The Growth of Interpersonal Responsibility
The Ethical Field
Honesty and Betrayal
Property and Universality
Property and Honesty
Property and Creation
Art, Philosophy, and the Imperative to the World

5. Art and Philosophy

Polytemporality and Self-Transformation
Art in Human Development
Property and Self-Transformation
Reality
Honesty
Justice

Bibliography
Index

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"…a broadly stroked, philosophically unconventional, Heidegger-inspired, phenomenological descriptive-interpretative story of 'all there is' in the world of lived (rather than ideal/abstract/logical existence) relationships involving one's everyday experiential participation in metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, art, and psychology." — CHOICE

"Bearing Witness to Epiphany is another beautifully written book by John Russon, a companion to his excellent Human Experience. While continental philosophy has relentlessly deconstructed the classical form of the philosophy book, Russon has revived this form in a most compelling way. Russon's writing is so lucid, that the book seems to read itself. More importantly, like Human Experience, Bearing Witness to Epiphany is the expression of profound thinking. This book should make it clear to everyone that John Russon is one of the few original voices working in continental philosophy today." — Leonard Lawlor, coeditor of The Merleau-Ponty Reader

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