John Macmurray The philosopher John Macmurray (1891-1976), perhaps the last of the great Scottish humanists, is now seen as a thinker for the twenty-first century. Later, as a philosopher, he came to challenge the f
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| Title | : | John Macmurray |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.64 (753 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0863153615 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 385 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2002-05-01 |
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Editorial : 'This well-written book will no doubt in the future be an essential starting point for students of Macmurray's philosophy, for it provides a general and authoritative introduction to Macmurray's philosophy and its development, set within a rich and sensitive account of Macmurray's life as a whole.' - Adam Hood, Scottish Journal of Theology, 2004 'A neglected native talent, John Macmurray, is the subject of a new biography. John Costello has done his homework on the philosopher, delving into unpublished diaries and other sources with zeal. This is a fitting tribute to a subtle and brilliant thinker.' - Edmund O'Connor, Chapman magazine, March 2004 'Read of the Week: British philosophy's best kept secret.' - The Scotsman 'Moving, readable and informative.' - The Tablet 'Highly recommended as a valuable introduction to Macmurray's life and thought.' - Appraisal 'This is an accomplished work of enormous labour. It is not only a rich biography of the man but also a synoptic glimpse of conte
The philosopher John Macmurray (1891-1976), perhaps the last of the great Scottish humanists, is now seen as a thinker for the twenty-first century. He was a philosopher with passion and vision as well as an inspirational teacher and lecturer at the universities of Oxford, London and Edinburgh. Deeply moved by his experience in the trenches of the First World War, Macmurray was confirmed in his Christian faith but became scathing in his criticism of the Churches. Later, as a philosopher, he came to challenge the foundations of modern European thought and social practice, mounting an assault on impersonal academic systems which failed to address human freedom. From the nightmare of the trenches to the crowded lecture halls of his academic teaching, in his private as well as his public life, Macmurray sought to express with integrity his vision of personal relations lived with freedom, equality and justice in community. This biography, drawing on unpublished diaries, correspondence, inte
He covers his engagements with communism, psychoanalysis and psychology from the 1930s and later meeting with French philosopher Gabriel Marcel. A brilliant and passionate philosopher, whose teaching career included positions at Oxford, London, and Edinburgh, Macmurray anticipated many of the central concerns of intellectual inquiry in the last forty years: including the priority of agency over detached observation in our understanding of the self, the priority of relationship/intersubjectivity over autonomous subjectivity, the importance of embodiment, feeling, and imagination for our understanding of knowing and judging, a commitment to freedom, equality and justice lived with integrity within community, a criticism of the limits and distortions of impersonal academic discourse, and the possibility of an intelligent, wholehearted Christian faith that is highly critical of the Christian churches, summing up his life's project in this way: "All meaningful knowledge is for the sake of a
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