A Companion to Ricoeur's The Symbolism of Evil

by Scott Davidson (Contribution by), Colby Dickinson (Contribution by), Daniel Frey (Contribution by), Adam J. Graves (Contribution by), Brian Gregor (Contribution by)

Overview

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

ISBN-13:	9781498587143
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	05/20/2020
Series:	Studies in the Thought of Paul Ricoeur
Pages:	246
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

Scott Davidson is professor of philosophy at West Virginia University.

Table 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

Editorial Reviews

"This companion to Ricoeur's Symbolism of Evil addresses the radical implications of his famous 'hermeneutic turn' in the 1960s. Editor, Scott Davidson, does an excellent job bringing together expert critical commentaries from both the first and second generation of Ricoeur scholars. It is a very welcome addition to the growing hermeneutic conversation."

Richard Kearney

"Ricœur has always considered the disconcerting and scandalous experience of evil as the "richest source of interrogative thought" and for this reason the question of evil occupies a central place within his whole work. In this third and last volume devoted to the Philosophy of the Will, Scott Davidson has assembled a very rich collection of chapters that highlight the significance and the profound originality of the Ricœurian hermeneutics of the symbols and myths of evil. "

Jean-Luc Amalric