Jacques Maritain

Broschiertes Buch

Integral Humanism, Freedom in the Modern World, and A Letter on Independence, Revised Edition

Beschreibung

The three books in this volume were written in France in the early 1930s. Maritain discusses issues such as the relationship between freedom and religion, the opposition of democracy to any form of totalitarianism, the relationship between spirituality and temporality, and how Christian civilization is in opposition to communism and capitalism.

Autor

Jacques Maritain was born in Paris in 1882 and studied at the Sorbonne, where he met his future wife, Raissa; both entered the Catholic Church under the influence of Leon Bloy in 1906. He became professor at the Institut Catholique de Paris in 1914, and in 1948 he was appointed professor of philosophy at Princeton University. He also taught at the Institute of Medieval Studies in Toronto, the University of Chicago, and the University of Notre Dame. After World War II, he accepted the post of French ambassador to the Vatican, and headed the French delegation to UNESCO.

Produktdetails

• The Collected Works of Jacques Maritain
• Verlag: University of Notre Dame Press
• Seitenzahl: 364
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 562g
• ISBN-13: 9780268159771
• ISBN-10: 0268159777
• Artikelnr.: 50900785