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Toward a Fuller Human Identity

A Phenomenology of Family Life, Social Harmony, and the Recovery of the Black Self

by Pius Ojara, SJ (Author)
©2006 Monographs XIV, 480 Pages

Summary

This book is based on the thought of Gabriel Marcel and offers an introduction to the central categories of Marcel’s thought, focusing on his idea of existential humanism. This study deals with the ambivalence of human existence and the concepts of being, ego and bodiliness. The author draws on examples from everyday life with a particular focus on African values and the recovery of the black self.

Details

Pages
XIV, 480
Year
2006
ISBN (Softcover)
9783039109579
Language
English
Keywords
Schwarze Afrika Marcel, Gabriel Familie Kulturelle Identität
Published
Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2006. XIV, 480 pp.

Biographical notes

Pius Ojara, SJ (Author)

The Author: Pius Ojara, SJ, Ph.D., is a Ugandan Jesuit studying theology at the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, California. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Zimbabwe in 2003. His research focuses on the Human Condition and Hope, drawing from the thought of Gabriel Marcel. He was a faculty member at Arrupe College, the Jesuit School of Philosophy and Humanities in Harare, Zimbabwe, from 1999-2003. He co-authored the book, Marcel, Girard, Bakhtin: The Return of Conversion (2004). He is working on a book tentatively titled: Tragic Humanity and Hope: On Understanding Our Struggle to be Scientific, Sapiential, and Moral.

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