{"product_id":"dialectic-of-sedimentation-and-innovation-mabiala-justin-robert-kenzo-9781433105678","title":"Dialectic of Sedimentation and Innovation: Paul Ricoeur on Creativity After the Subject","description":"One of the most important developments in the episteme of our time is the recognition that all being and all knowing are socially conditioned. This recognition raises the question of subjective creativity: Is creativity or innovation possible? What is the locus of creativity? Is it the subject or the structure of the structures of being of which the subject is part? Any notion of creativity that takes seriously the condition of being is therefore bound to deal with the perennial issue of freedom and determinism. \u003ci\u003eDialectic of Sedimentation and Innovation\u003c\/i\u003e examines the contribution of Paul Ricoeur to this question for the purpose of theological consumption. Ricoeur's philosophical reconstruction of the subject as self creates a space midway between the modern self-positing subject and the postmodern deconstructed subject where reason rules but does not tyrannize. It is from this space that he proposes a view of humanity that argues that to be human is to be \u003ci\u003ehomo voluntas\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ehomo lingua\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ehomo capax\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eDialectic of Sedimentation and Innovation\u003c\/i\u003e seeks to theologically appropriate these notions for Africa's quest for a new creative identity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mabiala Justin-Robert Kenzo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1433105675\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781433105678\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/07\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/04\/2009 pg. 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2010 pg. 5","brand":"Mabiala Justin-Robert Kenzo","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48113509236991,"sku":"9781433105678","price":126.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_86298cd1-da14-4ecf-a2ba-561848a8f623.jpg?v=1769615493","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dialectic-of-sedimentation-and-innovation-mabiala-justin-robert-kenzo-9781433105678","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}