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INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I. DOOYEWEERD'S VIEW OF CULTURE

• 1. A Brief Overview of Dooyeweerd's Philosophy
  • (1) Reality as Meaning
  • (2) The Basic Structure of Reality
  • (3) Law and Subject
  • (4) Time and Reality
• 2. Dooyeweerd's View of Culture
  • (1) The Concept of Culture
  • (2) The Idea of Historico-Cultural Development as the Opening Process
  • (3) Religious Ground Motive and the Opening Process
  • (4) The Norms of the Opening Process
• 3. The Development of the Idea of a Religious Ground motive
  • (1) Transcendental Critique and Religious Ground Motive
  • (2) The Development of Terminology
• 4. Religious Ground Motive as a Cultural Motive
  • (1) Historical Background
  • (2) Religious Ground Motive as a Cultural Community Driving Force
• 5. The Christian Character of Culture
  • (1) Creation and Culture
  • (2) The Effect of the Fall into Sin in Culture
  • (3) Redemption and Culture
  • (4) The Consummation of Culture
• 6. Critical Responses
  • (1) H.G. Geertsema
  • (2) S. Griffioen
  • (3) N. Wolterstorff
  • (4) C.T. McIntire
• 7. Conclusion

CHAPTER II. TRANSCENDENTAL CRITIQUE OF THEORETICAL THOUGHT

• 1. Introduction
• 2. The First Way
  • (1) The Idea of Meaning-Totality
  • (2) Philosophy and Heart
  • (3) The Necessity of Self-Reflection
  • (4) Archimedean Point
• 3. Critical Responses to the First Way
  • (1) H.G. Stoker
  • (2) H. Robbers
  • (3) J.C. Franken
• 4. The Second Way
  • (1) The Refinement as the Transcendental Critique of Theoretical Thought
  • (2) A New Critique of Theoretical Thought
  • (3) The First Transcendental Question: the problem of theoretical antithesis
  • (4) The Second Transcendental Question: the problem of theoretical synthesis
  • (5) The Third Transcendental Question: the problem of critical self- reflection
• 5. Critical Responses to the Second Way
  • (1) C.A. Van Peursen
  • (2) C. Van Til
• 6. Concluding Remarks

CHAPTER III. TRANSCENDENTAL CRITIQUE OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Dooyeweerd's Transcendental Critique of Greek Philosophy
  • (1) The Greek Form-Matter Motive
  • (2) The Dialectical Conflict in the Form-Matter Motive
  • (3) Critical Responses
  • (4) Evaluative Remarks
• 3. Dooyeweerd's Transcendental Critique of Thomistic Philosophy
  • (1) The Scholastic Nature-Grace Motive
  • (2) The Dialectical Conflict in the Nature-Grace Motive
  • (3) Critical Responses
    • a. H. Robbers
    • b. M.F.J. Marlet
    • c. J.A. Aertsen
  • (4) Evaluative Remarks
• 4. Dooyeweerd's Transcendental Critique of Modern Humanistic Philosophy
  • (1) The Humanistic Nature-Freedom Motive
  • (2) The Dialectical Conflict in the Nature-Freedom Motive
  • (3) Critical Responses
    • a. J. van der Hoeven
    • b. J.F. Glastra van Loon
• 5. Conclusive Evaluation

CHAPTER IV. TRANSCENDENTAL CRITIQUE OF WESTERN CULTURE

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Dooyeweerd's Transcendental Critique of Greco-Roman Culture
  • (1) Dooyeweerd's Transcendental Critique of Greek Culture
  • (2) Dooyeweerd's Transcendental Critique of Roman Culture
  • (3) Concluding Remarks
• 3. Dooyeweerd's Transcendental Critique of Medieval Culture
• 4. Dooyeweerd's Transcendental Critique of Modern Western Culture
• 5. Conclusive Evaluation

CHAPTER V. FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS OF DOOYEWEERD'S THOUGHT

• 1. Introduction
• 2. J. Van der Hoeven
• 3. J. Klapwijk
• 4. B. Goudzwaard
• 5. E. Schuurman
• 6. Conclusive Evaluation

CHAPTER VI. TRANSCENDENTAL CRITIQUE OF KOREAN THOUGHT AND CULTURE

• 1. Introduction
• 2. A Brief History of Korea
• 3. The Transcendental Critique of Korean Shamanism
  • (1) Introduction
  • (2) The Religious Ground Motive of Korean Shamanism
  • (3) The Dialectical Conflict in the Hananim-nature Motive
• 4. The Transcendental Critique of Korean Buddhism
  • (1) Introduction
  • (2) The Religious Ground Motive of Korean Buddhism
  • (3) The Dialectical Conflict in the Kyo-Son Motive
• 5. The Transcendental Critique of Korean Confucianism
  • (1) Introduction
  • (2) The Religious Ground Motive of Korean Confucianism
  • (3) The Dialectical Conflict in the I-Ki Motive
• 6. The Christian Transformation of Korean Thought and Culture
  • (1) Introduction
  • (2) The Christian Transformation of Korean Thought and Culture
• 7. Concluding Remarks

CHAPTER VII. CONCLUSION: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF DOOYEWEERD'S TRANSCENDENTAL CRITIQUE

ABBREVIATIONS

• ARS Antirevolutionaire Staatskunde.
• HD Herman Dooyeweerd (1894-1977): Breedte en actualiteit van zijn filosofie. [Herman Dooyeweerd: breadth and actuality of his philosophy]
• NC A New Critique of Theoretical Thought.
• PR Philosophia Reformata.
• RS Reformatie en Scholastiek in de Wijsbegeerte. [Reformation and scholasticism in philosophy]
• RWC Roots of Western Culture: Pagan, Secular, and Christian Options.
• TWT In the Twilight of Western Thought: Studies in the Pretended Autonomy of Philosophical Thought.
• VB Vernieuwing en Bezinning: om het reformatorisch grondmotief. [Renewal and reflection: about the reformed ground motive]
• WdW De Wijsbegeerte der Wetsidee. [The philosophy of the law-idea]