Sophie-Jan Arrien is full professor of philosophy at Université Laval, Québec.Beatriz Contreras Tasso is tenured professor of philosophy at Pontifical Catholic University.

This is a timely and engaging volume on the hermeneutic conversation between affectivity, narrativity, and finitude in the work of Paul Ricoeur. It marks an invaluable contribution to the understanding of our fundamental human vulnerability.

• Introduction: Paul Ricœur: Reception of an Ontology of Finitude and Capability, by Beatriz Contreras Tasso and Sophie-Jan ArrienPart I: Affectivity and EmbodimentChapter 1: The Space of Affectivity in the Architecture of the Capable Self, by Beatriz Contreras TassoChapter 2: Recognition and Consent: Images of Love in Paul Ricœur, by Francesca d’AlessandrisChapter 3: The Birth and Symbolism of Passivity: Thinking with Paul Ricœur, by Carla Canullo (translated by Marco Dozzi)Chapter 4: Body, Freedom and Recognition in the Beginnings of Paul Ricœur Philosophy, by Alejandra Bertucci and María Luján FerrariPart II: Identity and NarrativeChapter 5: Are There Authentic Self-Narratives? A Discussion with Paul Ricœur and Judith Butler, by Chiara PavanChapter 6: Mirrors of Identity, by Monica GorzaChapter 7: No more Storyteller? Narrative Theories of Paul Ricœur and Walter Benjamin in Dispute, by Jeanne Marie Gagnebin (translated by Samuel Lelievre)Part III: Opening perspectivesChapter 8: The Natural World as a Vulnerable Household: Paul Ricœur and Erazim Kohák in Dialogue, by Maria Cristina Clorinda VendraChapter 9: Just Distance in Interaction. Asymmetries and Abuses, by Gaëlle FiasseChapter 10: Thinking Finitude as a Finite Thinker. On the Philosophical Practice of Paul Ricœur, by Sophie-Jan Arrien

Sophie-Jan Arrien is full professor of philosophy at Université Laval, Québec.Beatriz Contreras Tasso is tenured professor of philosophy at Pontifical Catholic University.

This is a timely and engaging volume on the hermeneutic conversation between affectivity, narrativity, and finitude in the work of Paul Ricoeur. It marks an invaluable contribution to the understanding of our fundamental human vulnerability.

• Introduction: Paul Ricœur: Reception of an Ontology of Finitude and Capability, by Beatriz Contreras Tasso and Sophie-Jan ArrienPart I: Affectivity and EmbodimentChapter 1: The Space of Affectivity in the Architecture of the Capable Self, by Beatriz Contreras TassoChapter 2: Recognition and Consent: Images of Love in Paul Ricœur, by Francesca d’AlessandrisChapter 3: The Birth and Symbolism of Passivity: Thinking with Paul Ricœur, by Carla Canullo (translated by Marco Dozzi)Chapter 4: Body, Freedom and Recognition in the Beginnings of Paul Ricœur Philosophy, by Alejandra Bertucci and María Luján FerrariPart II: Identity and NarrativeChapter 5: Are There Authentic Self-Narratives? A Discussion with Paul Ricœur and Judith Butler, by Chiara PavanChapter 6: Mirrors of Identity, by Monica GorzaChapter 7: No more Storyteller? Narrative Theories of Paul Ricœur and Walter Benjamin in Dispute, by Jeanne Marie Gagnebin (translated by Samuel Lelievre)Part III: Opening perspectivesChapter 8: The Natural World as a Vulnerable Household: Paul Ricœur and Erazim Kohák in Dialogue, by Maria Cristina Clorinda VendraChapter 9: Just Distance in Interaction. Asymmetries and Abuses, by Gaëlle FiasseChapter 10: Thinking Finitude as a Finite Thinker. On the Philosophical Practice of Paul Ricœur, by Sophie-Jan Arrien

Sophie-Jan Arrien is full professor of philosophy at Université Laval, Québec.Beatriz Contreras Tasso is tenured professor of philosophy at Pontifical Catholic University.

This is a timely and engaging volume on the hermeneutic conversation between affectivity, narrativity, and finitude in the work of Paul Ricoeur. It marks an invaluable contribution to the understanding of our fundamental human vulnerability.

• Introduction: Paul Ricœur: Reception of an Ontology of Finitude and Capability, by Beatriz Contreras Tasso and Sophie-Jan ArrienPart I: Affectivity and EmbodimentChapter 1: The Space of Affectivity in the Architecture of the Capable Self, by Beatriz Contreras TassoChapter 2: Recognition and Consent: Images of Love in Paul Ricœur, by Francesca d’AlessandrisChapter 3: The Birth and Symbolism of Passivity: Thinking with Paul Ricœur, by Carla Canullo (translated by Marco Dozzi)Chapter 4: Body, Freedom and Recognition in the Beginnings of Paul Ricœur Philosophy, by Alejandra Bertucci and María Luján FerrariPart II: Identity and NarrativeChapter 5: Are There Authentic Self-Narratives? A Discussion with Paul Ricœur and Judith Butler, by Chiara PavanChapter 6: Mirrors of Identity, by Monica GorzaChapter 7: No more Storyteller? Narrative Theories of Paul Ricœur and Walter Benjamin in Dispute, by Jeanne Marie Gagnebin (translated by Samuel Lelievre)Part III: Opening perspectivesChapter 8: The Natural World as a Vulnerable Household: Paul Ricœur and Erazim Kohák in Dialogue, by Maria Cristina Clorinda VendraChapter 9: Just Distance in Interaction. Asymmetries and Abuses, by Gaëlle FiasseChapter 10: Thinking Finitude as a Finite Thinker. On the Philosophical Practice of Paul Ricœur, by Sophie-Jan Arrien