Paul Ricoeur

Refreshingly clear and impressively comprehensive, this is the essential guide to one of the most wide-ranging and influential thinkers alive today. In Paul Ricoeur Karl Simms:* details Ricoeur's most significant contributions to contemporary critical thought* provides an intellectual context to his key ideas* explores the debate around his work on good and evil, psychoanalysis, metaphor, narrative, politics and justice* suggests the continuing relevance of Ricoeur's thought and examines the increasing interest in his work across a range of disciplines.This handy volume also includes a guide to further reading, which offers advice on Ricoeur's publications and relevant secondary texts.