Mounier and Maritain: A French Catholic Understanding of the Modern World

by Joseph A. Amato

A study of Emmanuel Mounier, founder of Personalism, and Jacques Maritian, significant contributor to revival of Catholic thought and Thomism, and two generations of French Catholic intellectuals, this book examines the gulf between nineteenth century Catholic tradition and the twentieth-century European events. Amato's brilliant 1975 study of Mounier and Maritain's attempts to find a Catholic understanding of a world marked by total war, genocide, totalitarianism, mass society and the loss of faith in democracy. He shows us how much we still need to comprehend that period if we are to understand our new century as Catholics and Christians.

215 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1975

About the author

Joseph A. Amato was an American author and scholar. Amato was a history professor and university dean of local and regional history. He has written extensively on European intellectual and cultural history, and the history of Southwestern Minnesota. Since retiring, he has continued publishing history books, as well as five poetry collections and his first novel.

Reviews

[Robert Christian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great background information. Some quibbles with the analysis.