Rethinking generosity : critical theory and the politics of caritas

Rethinking generosity : critical theory and the politics of caritas / Romand Coles.

Romand Coles explores how we might understand and motivate generosity in a world in which no theological or secular position can claim absolute privilege for itself. He argues that unless our generosity is fashioned in the context of a radical receptivity, we tend to undermine our best aspirations....

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Main Author: Coles, Romand, 1959- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1997.
Series:Contestations.
Subjects:
Generosity.
Critical theory.
Critical theory
Generosity
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: questioning Caritas
  • Kant: secular sovereignty and beyond
  • Adorno: toward a post-secular Caritas
  • Habermas: coordination pressures and the truncation of communication
  • Conclusion: post-secular Caritas, coalition politics and political economy.

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