Please join us for this week's History of Philosophy Works-in-Progress Luncheon! This week's presenter is Prof. Jennifer Newsome Martin (Program of Liberal Studies and Theology, University of Notre Dame), who will present on, "The French Spiritualists, The Poets, and Ourselves: Charles Péguy and the Mystical-Sacrificial Unmaking of Modernity" (see abstract below).
Each meeting consists of a presentation by a graduate student, visiting scholar, or faculty member on a project that they are working on in the history of philosophy, followed by a period of comments/questions from other participants. The workshop is designed to give contributors the opportunity to develop ideas and receive helpful feedback on projects/papers in a friendly and low stakes environment.
Lunch is provided for registered attendees.
Abstract: The theme of loving sacrifice—especially as elevated to a metaphysical reality of gift which not only structures and conditions being, but which also has implications for ethical and spiritual practice—is arguably one of the most defining features of the much neglected French spiritualist movement in the history of philosophy. This talk considers this heritage of sacrifice—both metaphysical and ethical— in the history of French Spiritualist philosophy—primarily with reference to Fr. Alphonse Gratry (1805-1872) and Félix Ravaisson (1813-1900)—as it resurfaces in the theological poetry, prose, and mystical politics of French Catholic poet Charles Péguy (1873-1914).
Originally published at historyofphilosophy.nd.edu.