In the first English language translation of this classic late 20th-century text within French Catholic thought*, Poetics of the Sensible* brings together insights from Neoplatonism and phenomenology with a distinctive and innovative approach.Taking a stance within the generative conception of human language represented by continental thinkers such as Humboldt and Herder and powerfully articulated today by Charles Taylor, Stanislas Bretonexpands the sense of the “poetic”-the constr...

Stanislas Breton's A Radical Philosophy of Saint Paul, which focuses on the political implications of the apostle's writings, was an instrumental text in Continental philosophy's contemporary "turn to religion." Reading Paul's work against modern thought and history, Breton helped launch a reassessment of Marxism, introduce secular interpretations of biblical and theological traditions, develop "radical negativity" as a critical category, and rework modern political ideas through ...

L'immagine è presente ovunque e il nostro modo di stare al mondo è stato definito a ragione: "civiltà dell'immagine". Questo cosiddetto "imperialismo dell'immagine" non è portato a consapevolezza se non in studi di tipo specialistico, oppure viene discusso in quel settore cadetto della Filosofia che denominiamo "Estetica", per ora occupata soprattutto dal giudizio relativo al "bello" o al "brutto" dei prodotti artistici.Il pensiero del p. passionista Stanilas Breton, filosofo e teol...

Études et débats se multiplient pour tenter d’interpréter les mutations qui, en nos régions, affectent le religieux. L'objectif de la session théologique, organisée en 1987 par l’École des sciences philosophiques et religieuses des F.U.S.L., était d’offrir quelques orientations à la réflexion, en l’invitant à prendre en compte quelques enjeux majeurs du phénomène : l’élucidation des rapports complexes que le religieux entretient avec le lieu social ; la question du statut du sujet que la c...