Overview
- Focuses on Walker Percy as a philosopher, rather than as a novelist
- Explicates the Percy's philosophical ideas
- Explores key aspects of Percy's ideas, as well as his lesser lesser known philosophical interests
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About this book
Though Walker Percy is best known as a novelist, he was first and foremost a philosopher. This collection offers a sustained examination of key aspects to his more technical philosophy (primarily semiotics and the philosophy of language) as well as some of his lesser known philosophical interests, including the philosophy of place and dislocation. Contributors expound upon Percy’s multifaceted philosophy, an invitation to literature and theology scholars as well as to philosophers who may not be familiar with the philosophical underpinnings of his work.
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Reviews
“For Walker Percy, philosophy and fiction were both tools for diagnosing the human condition, just as his medical training had taught him about the tools for diagnosing the human body. His aim was nothing less than trying to understand how we fit into the cosmos. This collection of essays is a fascinating and worthy exploration of how philosophy informed his novels and the religious and existential quest that he called ‘the search.’ I can imagine him reading this book, with his wry smile and lightly worn grace, nodding appreciatively.” (Walter Isaacson, Professor of History, Tulane University, USA, and biographer of Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs, and Benjamin Franklin)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Leslie Marsh is with the International Academy of Pathology based at The University of British Columbia Medical School, Canada. He is the co-founder of the philosophy journal EPISTEME, Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism and is the editor of books on Adam Smith, Herbert Simon, Friedrich Hayek, and Michael Oakeshott.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Walker Percy, Philosopher
Editors: Leslie Marsh
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77968-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-77967-6Published: 13 August 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08587-2Published: 26 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-77968-3Published: 31 July 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 280
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations
Topics: Philosophy of Man, North American Literature, Catholicism