The Peasant of the Garonne bookcover

The Peasant of the Garonne

Elizabeth Hughes 

(Translator)

Michael Cuddihy 

(Translator)

et al.

Michael Cuddihy 

(Translator)
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Description

At eighty-five, Jacques Maritain, the most distinguished Catholic philosopher of the twentieth century, has written what he offers as his last book, and it turns out to be a shocker. The ""peasant,"" as Maritain calls himself in the title, is a man who calls a spade a spade; and a storm of controversy descended immediately on the book's publication in France, as both Right and Left reeled from the force of Maritain's criticism. The Peasant of the Garonne is a sharp attack on the ""new philosophy,"" hoping to cool off the fever for change that Maritain believes is imperiling the church's traditional spirituality and even the substance of doctrine. There is sardonic humor in his treatment of Teilhardians, phenomenologists, existentialists, new-style biblical critics, and clerical Freudians, but Maritain is deeply serious in warning that their capitulation to fashioniable trends represents a kind of ""kneeling before the world.""

Product Details

PublisherWipf & Stock Publishers
Publish DateJanuary 25, 2013
Pages288
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9781610975643
Dimensions9.0 X 6.0 X 0.7 inches | 0.9 pounds

About the Author

Jacques Maritain was born in Paris in 1882 and studied at the Sorbonne, where he met his future wife, Raissa; both entered the Catholic Church under the influence of Leon Bloy in 1906. He became professor at the Institut Catholique de Paris in 1914, and in 1948 he was appointed professor of philosophy at Princeton University. He also taught at the Institute of Medieval Studies in Toronto, the University of Chicago, and the University of Notre Dame. After World War II, he accepted the post of French ambassador to the Vatican, and headed the French delegation to UNESCO.

Reviews

""A shock to friend and foe alike . . . It appears to call a halt to the modernist revolution that Maritain himself did much to inspire."" --The New York Times ""Maritain's reflections on the place of the Church in the modern world have set off a bitter debate . . ."" --Time ""Probably the most reasonable defense yet written of a moderate viable traditionalism."" --Leslie Dewart, author of The Future of Belief

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