Christos Yannaras

Christos Yannaras (Greek Christos Giannaras Χρήστος Γιανναράς, born 1935 in Athens ) is a Greek philosopher and author of more than 50 books, many of which have been translated into 12 languages.

Life

Christos Yannaras is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the Panteion University in Athens. He studied theology at the University of Athens and philosophy at the Rheinische Friedrich- Wilhelms- University of Bonn and at the University of Paris. He is a Doctor of the Faculty of Theology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the Faculté des Lettres et Sciences Humaines Sorbonne (Paris) in the field of Philosophy and Honorary Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Belgrade. Guest professorships led him to the universities of Paris, Geneva, Lausanne and Crete. From 1982 to 2002 he was Professor of Philosophy at the Panteion University of Athens and an elected member of the Society of Greek authors.

The focus of Yannaras ' work lies in the systematic study of the differences between the Greek and Western European philosophy and tradition, differences that are not limited to the theory, but also define the practice of life.

He has also tried to transfer the progress of quantum physics through his book Postmodern Metaphysics to the field of philosophy.

Writings

  • Person and Eros, Göttingen ( Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht ), 1982; English translation: Person and Eros, H.C. Press, Brookline (MA) 2008, ISBN 978-1-885652-88-1
  • Against Religion: The Alienation of the Ecclesial Event, HC Press ( Brookline, MA), 2013
  • The Enigma of Evil, H.C. Press ( Brookline, MA ), 2012
  • Relational Ontology, H.C. Press ( Brookline, MA ), 2011
  • The Meaning of Reality: Essays on Existence and communion, Eros and History. Sebastian Press ( Los Angeles ), 2011.
  • Person and Eros, H.C. Press ( Brookline, MA ), 2008 (ISBN 978-1-885652-88-1 )
  • Orthodoxy and the West, H.C. Press ( Brookline, MA ), 2006 (ISBN 1-885652 -81- X)
  • Variations on the Song of Songs, H.C. Press ( Brookline, MA ), 2005 (ISBN 1-885652-82-8 )
  • Postmodern Metaphysics, H.C. Press ( Brookline, MA ), 2004 (ISBN 1-885652-80-1 ) read the table of contents
  • On the Absence and unknowability of God: Heidegger and the Areopagite, London ( Continuum, 2005) ( ISBN 0-567-08806-5 )
  • Elements of Faith, Edinburgh (T & T Clark ), 1991 (ISBN 0-567-29190-1 )
  • The Freedom of Morality, New York (SVP ), 1984 (ISBN 0-88141-028-4 )
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