Ecstatic Morality and Sexual Politics
A Catholic and Antitotalitarian Theory of the Body
Will be published approx. on 1. May 2005
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-8232-2456-2 (ISBN)
Description
This first book-length treatment of Thomas Aquinas'stheory of the body presents a Catholic understanding of the body and its implications for social and political philosophy. Making a fundamental contribution to antitotalitarian theory, McAleer argues that a sexual politics reliant upon Aquinas's theory of the body is better (because less violent) than other commonly available theories. He contrasts this theory with those of four other groups of thinkers: the continental tradition represented by Kant, Schopenhauer, Merleau-Ponty, Nancy, Levinas, and Deleuze; feminism, in the work of Donna Haraway; an alternative Catholic theory to be found in Karl Rahner; and the "Radical Orthodoxy" of John Milbank.
Reviews / Votes
"Making a fundamental contribution to antitotalitarian theory, G. J. McAleer argues that a sexual politics reliant upon Aquinas's theory of the body is better (because less violent) than other commonly available theories." -Theology Digest "This is a splendid book. It adds to the wave of books by fine medievalists who are also trained in the best traditions of analytic philosophy." -- -Fergus Kerr, OP New Blackfriars "We can only hope that those thomists who wish to take up the cause are as well attuned to the need for showing the ongoing relevance of Aquinas for modern thought as is McAleer" -The Thomist "The book is fun and infuriating." -Modern Theology McAleer's excellent book stands out for the richness of its metaphysical, ethical, and political account of the body-soul ecstasis to which Christians are called, and likewise for the richness of its range of interlocutors." -National Catholic Bioethics CenterMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 164 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
508 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8232-2456-2 (9780823224562)
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Person
G.J. McAleer is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Loyola College in Maryland and the editor, with Guy Guldentrops, of Henry Bate, Speculum divinorum et quorundam naturalium, books 8-10.