Providing theoretical and applied analyses of Michel Henry's practical philosophy in light of his guiding idea of Life, this is the first sustained exploration of Henry's practical thought in anglophone literature, reaffirming his centrality to contemporary continental thought. This book ranges from the tension between his methodological insistence on life as non-intentional and worldly activities to Henry's engagement with the practical philosophy of intellectuals such as Marx, Freud, and Kandisky to topics of application such as labor, abstract art, education, political liberalism, and spiritual life.

An international team of leading Henry scholars examine a vital dimension of Henry's thinking that has remained under-explored for too long.

The first book in English on the practical thought - particularly the ethical and political dimensions - of leading 20th-century French philosopher, Michel Henry.

About the Author

Brian Harding is Professor of Philosophy at Texas Women's University, USA. He is author of Not Even a God can Save us Now: Reading Machiavelli after Heidegger (2017) and co-editor with Michael R. Kelly of Early Phenomenology: Metaphysics, Ethics and the Philosophy of Religion (Bloomsbury, 2016).

Jeffrey Hanson is Senior Philosopher at Harvard University's Human Flourishing Program, USA. He is author of Kierkegaard and the Life of Faith: The Aesthetic, the Ethical, and the Religious in "Fear and Trembling" (2017), Kierkegaard as Phenomenologist: An Experiment (2010), and co-editor with Michael R. Kelly of Michel Henry: The Affects of Thought (Bloomsbury, 2013).

Michael R. Kelly is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of San Diego, USA. He is co-editor of Bergson and Phenomenology, 2010), with Jefferey Hanson Michel Henry: The Affects of Thought ( Bloomsbury, 2012), and with Brian Harding, Early Phenomenology: Metaphysics, Ethics and the Philosophy of Religion (Bloomsbury 2016) and Phenomenology and the Problem of Time (2016).

Reviews
Combining careful readings of Michel Henry's phenomenology with intriguing applications of his philosophy in the areas of psychoanalysis, pedagogy, economics, politics, spirituality, aesthetics, and socio-cultural engagement, this important collection helps us see the relevance of Henry's complex thought for various fields of practical philosophy and for concrete action today. * Christina M. Gschwandtner, Professor of Philosophy, Fordham University, USA *
This book gathers leading Michel Henry scholars to ponder and parse the implications of the French philosopher's ideas about action, creation, and dwelling in community. The volume's contributors convincingly show how Henry's work can come to inform and shape our ethical, aesthetic, social, psychological, and political lives, both as individuals and as a society, in terms of our understanding and praxis. Readers will be impressed by the original scholarly analysis and application of Henry's thought to various aspects of human life and interactions. * Antonio Calcagno, Professor of Philosophy and Chair, King's University College at Western University, Canada *
Michel Henry's philosophy of action is as momentous as his philosophy of life, but less well understood. He wants to uncover the real motivation of human action, where pathos and freedom coincide, where the fate of democracy, culture, and life itself, all hang in the balance. The essays in this book help bring to light this important dimension of Henry's thought. * Karl Hefty, Associate Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology, Saint Paul University, Canada *



Book Information
ISBN 9781350202801
Author Professor Jeffrey Hanson
Format Paperback
Page Count 208
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC