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IN (THE) PLACE OF THE SELF: A CRITICAL STUDY OF JEAN‐LUC MARION'S “AU LIEU DE SOI. L'APPROCHE DE SAINT AUGUSTIN” 1
Author(s) -
SCHRIJVERS JOERI
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
modern theology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.144
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1468-0025
pISSN - 0266-7177
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0025.2009.01559.x
Subject(s) - philosophy , parallels , phenomenology (philosophy) , saint , humanities , art history , epistemology , art , engineering , mechanical engineering
This review article discusses Jean‐Luc Marion's latest book Au lieu de soi. L'approche de Saint‐Augustin , in which Marion lets the theology and phenomenology of givenness interact with Augustine's œuvre. The article provides an extensive summary of Marion's book and offers a critical analysis by linking Au lieu de soi to Marion's earlier work. Apart from this, this review hopes to open some parallels with the work of Emmanuel Levinas and Jean‐Yves Lacoste if only to show how easily a certain strand of Augustinianism blends with contemporary thought.