The Social Ontology of Karl Barth
By Paul E. Stroble.
Description
The theme of the "Other" dominates post-Cartesian thinking. Specifically, what is the relation of the knowing subject to the Other (who is neither object nor alter ego), if both self and Other are supposed to be counterparts and partners--a Thou meeting the other's I--and if each exceeds the other's experience? Twentieth-century theology, too, has reconsidered the Cartesian basal subject from which the existence of others and God proceeds. Karl Barth (1886-1968) is a major representative of one approach to this theme. Throughout his theological career Barth tries to over...
ISBN(s)
1883255481, 9781883255480
