Degrees of Givenness: On Saturation in Jean-Luc Marion

by Christina M. Gschwandtner

The philosophical work of Jean-Luc Marion has opened new ways of speaking about religious convictions and experiences. In this exploration of Marion's philosophy and theology, Christina M. Gschwandtner presents a comprehensive and critical analysis of the ideas of saturated phenomena and the phenomenology of givenness. She claims that these phenomena do not always appear in the excessive mode that Marion describes and suggests instead that we consider...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253014190
• ISBN13: 9780253014191
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"