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Coscienza dell'ordine e ordine della coscienza. Il pensiero di Frederick Denison Maurice
No full textConscience and authority, religion and freedom, renewal and tradition: some of the main questions raised by Frederick Denison Maurice (1805 - 1872) are still at the centre of the debate on philosophy and anthropology, ethics and politics. Maurice, professor of theology and moral philosophy in Cambridge and in London, focuses his reflections on the concepts of conscience, social order and divine order, dealing with some of the most significant thinkers of the time, such as J. Bentham, A. Comte, J.S. Mill, H. Mansel and J.H. Newman. After having outlined the formative years of Maurice, the book analyzes his writings, showing how the nature and the dynamics of conscience are at the core of the philosophical, religious and social issues considered by Maurice in a deeply critical perspective on philosophical attitudes such as rationalism, subjectivism, skepticism and modern empiricism
Alle radici di «Sources of the Self»: per quale storia dell’identità moderna?
No full textThis article is intended to be a first step within a long term project dedicated to Charles Taylor’s volume Sources of the Self. The Making of the Modern Identity(1989). In particular I focus on the method adopted by Taylor in his studies concerning the making of modern identity. In order to reach this aim I consider in particular two essays: Philosophy and its History (1984) and Modernity and the
Rise of the Public Sphere (1993). From this analysis (which also focuses on Taylor’s concept of practices) it emerges that according to Taylor, in order to write a history of modern identity, a constant reference to moral sources, to the visions of
the good articulated during that time cannot be avoided
Recensione di: H. Dreyfus - C. Taylor, 'Retrieving Realism', Harvard University Press, Cam-bridge Ma - London 2015. Un volume di pp. 171
No full textThe volume, co-authored by C. Taylor and H. Dreyfus, wants to challenge the dominant epistemic view of knowledge as mediational. Overcoming the narrowness of cartesianism (also in its contemporary versions) the two authors argue for a 'contact' theory by retrieving realism in epistemology as well as within the political debate on multiculturalism. The review critically considers their arguments focusing on their phenomenological analysis of human experience and on their hermeneutic interpretation
John Milbank: la vita come dono e perdono
No full textAccording to John Milbank (who often compares his views on the topic of gift with those of JL Marion and J. Derrida) the gift, as such, cannot be identified with a pure donation, with a pure "data", dissociated from eros and from agape. In this article I want to analyzes J. Milbank's philosophy of gift, also in relation to the contemporary debate
Review of David L. Schindler, L’ordine dell’amore. Le società occidentali e la memoria di Dio,tr it. di F. Giardini, pref. di J. Lynch, Lindau, Torino 2011
No full textIn this volume Schindler argues that the proper ontology of the human being is that of the “being-as-gift,” that generates the “being-as-gratitude”. From this perspective, richness comes to consist in partaking in “reality-as-gift”: all the aspects of economy (production, exchange, etc.) need to be intrinsically informed by this view and not simply “directed” from the outside by a certain philosophical or cultural perspective. I have analysed the contents of the book in relation to the contemporary debate on the same topics
Persona, libertà, storia. Studio su Lord Acton
No full textOn the background of the philosophical, political and religious debates typical of the Victorian age, Sir John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton (1834-1902) emerges as a major figure, but not easy to interpret.This volume is an attempt to describe in a unitary way his human and intellectual identity. In the first part the book analyzes his education and his Catholic liberalism. In the second part the book considers the theoretical core of his thought and his remarks on history and on historical knowledge, considering in particular notions such as individual, power and freedom, tradition and authority, society and state, nationality and nationalism. These notions are rooted in a reflection on conscience, understood as the manifestation of the objectivity of truth and goodness in the human subject o and thus as the primary factor in building society and history
'Could it turn out that no one has ever believed anything?’. Cronaca del convegno ‘The Soul’ (St. Anne’s College, University of Oxford, 28 giugno-1 luglio 2013) e alcune osservazioni critiche
No full textThe aim of this contribution consists in presenting a review of the conference ‘The Soul’ (Oxford, 28 June - 1 July 2013). I have considered the main arguments presented during the conference trying to relate them to the contemporary debate on this topic. My final argument is that only if we consider the human being as a whole (where the soul is the form of the body) we will be able to overcome modern subjectivism and objectivism
The Influence of Alfred North Whitehead on Eric Voegelin
Full text linkLo scopo di questo articolo consiste nel mettere in luce alcuni aspetti del pensiero speculativo di Alfred North Whitehead che sono stati accolti e sviluppati da Eric Voegelin. Seguirò le dichiarazioni di Voegelin prima di introdurre le mie riflessioni teoretiche. In particolare, mi focalizzerò su tre concetti proposti da Whitehead che si ripresentano nel pensiero di Voegelin, ossia quello di "clima di opinioni", di "fallacia della concretezza mal riposta" e di "processo" (considerato nella sua relazione rispetto al concetto di "simbolo"). Mettendo in luce alcuni aspetti di continuità intellettuale tra i due autori (senza con ciò dimenticare le differenze di prospettiva) rifletterò sul ruolo da loro esercitato nel corso della storia delle idee.The aim of this article consists in pointing out pertinent features of Alfred North Whitehead’s speculative thought inherited and expanded upon by Eric Voegelin. I will follow Voegelin’s declarations before introducing my own theoretical proposals. In particular, I will focus on three concepts proposed by Whitehead that resonate in Voegelin’s thought, namely those of “climate of opinion,” “fallacy of misplaced concreteness,” and “process” (considered in its relation to that of “symbol”). By highlighting the intellectual continuity between these two thinkers (while not obscuring their crucial differences), I will reflect upon their place within the historical trajectory of ideas
Oltre il ‘feticismo del codice’: per quale visione dell’identità e della cittadinanza?
No full textThe aim of this brief reply to Rengger's paper is to develop a critique of the so-called 'code fetishism' in the moral, social, and political sphere. After a brief analysis of the debate between Charles Taylor and Bernard Williams, I focus, first, on Taylor’s reflections on Ivan Illich's interpretation of the parable of the Good Samaritan. Then, I analyze the challenges that emerge from such interpretation, particularly those concerning identity and citenzship. Finally, I consider some questions about the link between nomolatry and political power
Jaime Antúnez Aldunate, Filosofía de la historia en Christopher Dawson, Encuentro-Centro de Estudios Bicentenario, Madrid-Santiago 2006.
No full textIn this book Aldunate explores Christopher Dawson's philosophy of history (characterized by a view of the becoming sub specie aeternitatis) in relation to the determinist historical and anthropological perspective proposed by Oswald Spengler and to Arnold Toynbee's voluntarism
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