%0 Journal Article
%T Generous to a Fault: A Deep, Recapitulative Pattern of Thought in Ricoeur¡¯s Works Generous to a Fault: A Deep, Recapitulative Pattern of Thought in Ricoeur¡¯s Works
%A Jo¨¦l Z. Schmidt
%J ¨¦tudes Ricoeuriennes / Ricoeur Studies
%D 2012
%I University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
%R 10.5195/errs.2012.116
%X Paul Ricoeur clearly sought to differentiate between and keep separate his philosophical and theological intellectual endeavors. This essay brings into relief a deep, implicit, recapitulative pattern in Ricoeur¡¯s thinking that cuts across this explicit ¡°conceptual asceticism.¡± Specifically, it highlights this recapitulative pattern in Ricoeur¡¯s treatment of prophecy in the Hebrew Bible; his understanding of utopia and ideology; the functioning of symbols in The Symbolism of Evil and of sublimation in Freud and Philosophy. On these topics Ricoeur extended his typical generosity toward all that might appear to be outdated, primitive, and even regressive in our collective and personal humanity. The frequently recapitulative nature of Ricoeur¡¯s insights indicates the importance not just of the content of his thought but also the way in which he did his thinking, a pattern which above all was generous, even to a fault.   Paul Ric ur a clairement cherch¨¦ ¨¤ diff¨¦rencier et s¨¦parer ses efforts intellectuels philosophiques et th¨¦ologiques. Cet essai met en relief un profond, implicite, r¨¦capitulatif motif dans la pens¨¦e de Paul Ric ur qui transgresse cette explicite ¡°asc¨¨se conceptuelle.¡± Plus pr¨¦cis¨¦ment, il souligne ce motif r¨¦capitulatif dans sa traitement de la proph¨¦tie dans la Bible H¨¦bra que; sa compr¨¦hension de l'utopie et l'id¨¦ologie, le fonctionnement des symboles dans Le Symbolisme du Mal, et la sublimation dans De l¡¯interpr¨¦tation: Essai sur Freud. En relation avec ces sujets Ricoeur a ¨¦tendu sa g¨¦n¨¦rosit¨¦ typique envers tout qui pourrait appara tre d¨¦pass¨¦e, primitive, et m¨ºme r¨¦gressive dans notre humanit¨¦ collective et personnelle. Le caract¨¨re souvent r¨¦capitulatif des id¨¦es de Ricoeur indiquent l'importance non seulement du contenu de sa pens¨¦e, mais aussi la mani¨¨re dont il a pens¨¦, un mod¨¨le qui avant tout ¨¦tait g¨¦n¨¦reux, m¨ºme ¨¤ une faute.
%K Paul Ricoeur
%K Methodology
%K Theology
%K Philosophy
%U http://ricoeur.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/ricoeur/article/view/116