Hannan, Sean
On Time, Change, History, and Conversion (Reading Augustine)
- ISBN 13:
- 9781501356469
- author:
- Hannan, Sean
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Bloomsbury Academic USA
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2020
- Pages:
- 176
- Dimensions:
- 21.59 x 13.97 x 1.27 centimetres
- Genre:
- Nonfiction,Philosophy, Religious,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Sean Hannan offers a new interpretation of Augustine's approach to temporality by contrasting it with contemporary accounts of time from philosophy, political theology, and popular science.
Hannan argues that, rather than offering a simple roadmap forward, Augustine asks us to confront the question of time itself before taking on tasks like transformation. He suggests that our disorientation in the face of change is a symptom of a deeper problem: we cannot truly comprehend time, even as it conditions every aspect of our lives.
This book puts Augustine into conversation with contemporary thinkers on questions such as the definition of time, the metaphysics of transformation, and the shape of history. The goal is to learn what Augustine can teach us about the nature of temporality and the possibility of change in this temporal world.
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