Seeking Wisdom             

                                 Books by Anthony Mansueto                                    

Spirituality and Dialectics, Lexington Books, 2005 (with Maggie Mansueto)

Spirituality and DialecticsA critique of postmodernism showing how, by undermining the metaphysical foundations for moral judgment, postmodernism helps to legitimate the market order; sketches arguments for epistemological realism, cosmic teleology, a dialectical metaphysics of Esse, and a radically historicized natural law ethics and shows how dialectics forms a necessary preparation for the spiritual life in a market society.

 

 

Knowing God: Restoring Reason in An Age of Doubt, Ashgate Publishers, 2002.

Knowing God: Restoring Reason in an Age of Doubt

Reconciles epistemological and metaphysical realism with recognition of social context in shaping what and how we know, bringing an Aristotelian theory of knowledge into dialogue with cognitive development theory and the sociology of knowledge. The book focuses on religious knowledge and concludes with a “guide for the perplexed” intended to help overcome nihilism and despair.

 

 

Religion and Dialectics, University Press of America, 2002

Answer to Marx’s critique of religion, Religion and Dialectics argues that religion plays a critical leading role in human development and civilizational project, while specifying the roots of religious alienation within the Christian tradition.

 

Towards Synergism: The Cosmic Significance of the Human Civilizational Project, University Press of America, 1995

A response to neoliberal triumphalism and postmodern pessimism, Towards Synergism defends the ultimate meaningfulness of human history and develops a new theory of human social development which recognizes the role of material conditions, social structure, and conscious ideological factors.

 

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