{"product_id":"the-eclipse-and-recovery-of-beauty-a-lonergan-approach-paperback-softback-9781487522094","title":"The Eclipse and Recovery of Beauty; A Lonergan Approach (Paperback \/ softback) 9781487522094","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Eclipse and Recovery of Beauty\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Lonergan Approach\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn D. Dadosky (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487522094\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 24 March 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.41 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"…Dadosky\u0026amp;#x2019;s effort to work out a philosophy of beauty on the basis of Lonergan\u0026amp;#x2019;s thought, to enter into dialogue with significant figures, and to re-establish the transcendental status of beauty in a contemporary context amounts to an original and momentous achievement.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Paul St. Amour (American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly) \u003cp\u003e\"Within the boundaries of the wider Lonergan project, Dadosky\u0026amp;#x2019;s argument is nuanced, differentiated, and, so far as I can discern, beyond reproach…students of theological aesthetics in particular will profit from the expositions and arguments he offers therein. \u003ci\u003eThe Eclipse and Recovery of Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e is harmonious, well-integrated, and very clear. That is, in the specific terms Dadosky designates, it is a beautiful piece of work.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Reid B. Locklin (Toronto Journal of Theology) \u003cp\u003e\"John Dadosky has written a very good book on an overlooked, but important, topic… Using the tools of Lonergan\u0026amp;#x2019;s generalized empirical method, Dadosky has made the case for the objectivity of aesthetic judgments and by extension for the recovery of beauty as a transcendental… The result is a beautifully written book that\u0026amp;#x2019;s hints at much more to come from this author.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Michael Shute (Studies in Religion)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccording to the Swiss theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar, a world that has lost sight of beauty is a world riddled with skepticism, moral and aesthetic relativism, conflicting religious worldviews, and escalating ecological crises. In \u003cem\u003eThe Eclipse and Recovery of Beauty\u003c\/em\u003e, John D. Dadosky uses Kierkegaard and Nietzsche\u0026amp;#x2019;s negative aesthetics to outline the context of that loss, and presents an argument for reclaiming beauty as a metaphysical property of being.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInspired by Bernard Lonergan\u0026amp;#x2019;s philosophy of consciousness, Dadosky presents a philosophy of beauty that is grounded in contemporary Thomistic thought. Responding to Balthasar, he argues for a concept of beauty that can be experienced, understood, judged, created, contemplated, and even loved.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeeply engaged with the work of Aquinas, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and Kant, among others, \u003cem\u003eThe Eclipse and Recovery of \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeauty\u003c\/em\u003e will be essential reading for those interested in contemporary philosophy and theology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Eclipse of Beauty and Its Recovery\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e1.1 Introduction\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e1.2 The Achievement of Thomistic Metaphysics and its Demise \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e1.2.1 \u003cem\u003eA Post-Kantian Transposition of Thomistic Metaphysics\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e1.3 Considerations for a Contemporary Philosophy of Beauty\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e1.4 Lonergan\u0026amp;#x2019;s Philosophy and Hermeneutics: A Brief Overview\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e1.5 Conclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Every Being is Beautiful\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e2.1 Beauty as a Transcendental Property of Being \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e2.1.1 The Development of Transcendental Beauty\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e2.1.2 Aquinas and Transcendental Beauty?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e2.1.3 The Fourth Period\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e2.2 Beauty: A Thomistic Interpretation \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e2.2.1 The Conditions of Beauty\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e2.2.2 Further Questions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e2.2.3 Perception of Beauty\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e2.2.4 Beauty and Art\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e2.3. Beauty: A Lonergan Approach?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e3\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eViolence and the Loss of Beauty\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e3.1 Displacement and Distortion of Beauty\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e3.2 Nietzsche\u0026amp;#x2019;s Aesthetics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e3.3 Girard\u0026amp;#x2019;s critique of Nietzsche \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e3.3.1 Dionysus and the Crucified\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e3.3.2 Culpability in the Collective Murder\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e3.3.3 Dionysus as a Mimicked Distortion of Christ\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e3.4 A Re-orientation of Nietzchean Aesthetics?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e3.5 Conclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Recovering Beauty in the Subject\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e4.1 Introduction\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e4.2 Kierkegaard\u0026amp;#x2019;s Spheres of Existence\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e4.3 Balthasar\u0026amp;#x2019;s Critique: A Closer Examination\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e4.4 The Existential Spheres and Intentional Consciousness\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e4.5 Conclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The End of Aesthetic Experience?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e5.1 Introduction\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e5.2 The Loss of Aesthetic Experience \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e5.2.1 Major Post-Kantian Approaches to Aesthetic Experience\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e5.2.2 Shusterman: \"The End of Aesthetic Experience\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e5.3\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eLonergan and Aesthetic Experience \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e5.3.1 The Unrestricted Desire for Beauty\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e5.3.2 Freedom from Instrumentality\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e5.3.3 Elemental Meaning\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e5.3.4 Ulterior Significance and \u0026amp;#x2018;Surplus of Meaning\u0026amp;#x2019;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e5.3.5 Transformative and Distortive aspects of Aesthetic Experience\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e5.3.6 Lonergan and Shusterman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e5.4 The Sensible and Intellectual Perception and Apprehension of Beauty\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e5.5 Aesthetic Experience and the Sublime \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e5.1 Brief History of the Sublime\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e5.2 The Sublime as Experienced\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e5.6 Conclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Intelligibility of Beauty\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e6.1 Introduction\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e6.2\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eBeauty and Architecture: The example of Christopher Alexander\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e6.2.1Alexander\u0026amp;#x2019;s 15 principles\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e6.2.2 Alexander\u0026amp;#x2019;s principles and Aquinas\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e6.3 The Intelligibility of Beauty in Lonergan\u0026amp;#x2019;s Theory of Consciousness\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e6.4 Conclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Judgments of Beauty\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e7.1 Introduction\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e7.2 Aesthetic Judgments in Kant \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e7.2.1 Four Moments of Aesthetic Judgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e7.3 Lonergan and Judgment \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e7.3.1 \u0026amp;#x2018;Value\u0026amp;#x2019; in \u003cem\u003eMethod in Theology \u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e7.4 Judging Beauty for Lonergan \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e7.4.1 A Lonergan Appropriation of Kant\u0026amp;#x2019;s Four Moments\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e7.4.2 Beauty and the Preferential Scales of Values\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e7.4.3 Three Moments of Beauty\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e7.4.4 Is Beauty distinct from Goodness?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e7.5 Concluding Comments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Creating, Contemplating and Loving Beauty\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e8.1 Introduction\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e8.2 The Aesthetic\/Dramatic Operator\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e8.3 Philosophy of Art \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e8.3.1Aesthetic and Artistic patterns of experience\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e8.3.2 Art as Meaning\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e8.3.3Developing Lonergan on Art\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e8.3.4 Summing up: Lonergan on Art\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e8.4 Life and Beauty \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e8.4.1Ethical living\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e8.5 Contemplating Beauty\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e8.6 Loving Beauty\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e8.7 Beauty and God \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e7.1 From Aesthetic Experience to the Beauty of God\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e8.8 Conclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Philosophy for a Theology of Beauty\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e9.1 Introduction\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e9.2 A Summary and Overview\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e9.3 Towards a Theology of Beauty\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e9.4 Conclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52681261613336,"sku":"9781487522094","price":25.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-eclipse-and-recovery-of-beauty-a-lonergan-approach-paperback-softback-9781487522094","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}