The Poetics of the Sensible [Hardcover]

In the first English language translation of this classic late 20th-century text within French Catholic thought, Poetics of the Sensiblebrings together insights from Neoplatonism and phenomenology with a distinctive and innovative approach.

Taking a stance within the generative conception of human language represented by continental thinkers such as Humboldt and Herder and powerfully articulated today by Charles Taylor, Stanislas Breton expands the sense of the poetic-the constructive meaning-bearing capacity that is a core characteristic of humanity-to include the body and its senses phenomenologically intertwined with the world. Defying Heidegger's prohibition on the question of God alongside contemporary thinkers such as Jean-Luc Marion, Jean-Louis Chr?tien and Emmanuel Falque, he boldly writes of God, of the angel, of the icon, and of prayer in a refusal to bracket his religious faith. Against a Neoplatonic backdrop, Breton promotes the dense material dimensions of embodied signification as paradoxically harbouring meaning that is greater than that of conceptual abstraction alone.

Illuminating Breton's poetic and allusive discourse,Poetics of the Sensibleshowcases his unique voice in French philosophy, phenomenology and the philosophy of religion and is essential reading for scholars and students alike.

Stanislas Bretonwas a French theologian and philosopher. He taught at the ?cole Normale Sup?rieure in Paris, the Catholic University of Paris and the Catholic University of Lyon, France.

Sarah Hortonis pursuing research in philosophy at the Catholic University of Paris and the Australian Catholic University

You hold in your hands a sparkling masterpiece by a legendary master of Continental thought remarkably well-rendered into English. As soon as you catch your breath, wonder strikes yet again as you journey through the poetics of the sensible with Stanislas Breton as your guide. William Cls%