Startling Strangeness
Reading Lonergan's Insight
Published on 16. November 2006
Book
Hardback
274 pages
978-0-7618-3604-9 (ISBN)
Description
In the introduction to Insight: A Study of Human Understanding, Bernard Lonergan writes of the "startling strangeness" that overtakes someone who really understands what the act of "insight" is all about. The present work is about that experience in the life of Richard Liddy as he wrestled with Insight in the 1960s. Liddy was Lonergan's student in Rome during the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) and in this work he recounts his encounter with Lonergan and with Insight. He includes memories of other Lonergan students as well as witnesses to the "startling strangeness" the reading of Insight engenders.
Reviews / Votes
[A] heartfelt and engaging story. * Theological Studies, November 2008 * ...it is concrete and enriching....To state what he discovered is easy enough; to portray the discovering as it went forward over time, in a long, maieutic sequence of specific questions and answers- that is more difficult, and more valuable. The portrayal in Startling Strangeness is honest, winsome, and fascinating. * Anglican Theological Review *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Lanham, MD
United States
Target group
Adult education
Dimensions
Height: 238 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
531 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7618-3604-9 (9780761836049)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Richard M. Liddy is the University Professor of Catholic Thought and Culture and Director of the Center of Catholic Studies at Seton Hall University.
Content
Part 1 Introduction Part 2 Part One: The Way to Insight Chapter 3 Amateur Philosophizing Chapter 4 Rome 1960-1964 Chapter 5 Lonergan the Teacher Chapter 6 Reading Insight 1964-1967 Part 7 Part Two: Reading Insight Chapter 8 Theoretical Insights Chapter 9 Common Sense Insights Chapter 10 Reflective Insights Chapter 11 The Self-affirmation of the Knower Chapter 12 Being and Objectivity Chapter 13 Metaphysics Chapter 14 The Ethical Chapter 15 God Part 16 Part Three: Insight to Insight Chapter 17 A Shower of Insights Chapter 18 Encountering Bernard Lonergan Part 19 Epilogue: Lonergan Workshop 2006 Part 20 Bibliography Part 21 Index Part 22 About the Author