The Peasant of the Garonne

by Jacques Maritain

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1610975642
• ISBN13: 9781610975643
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"