Individual, Community and Dialogue

In philosophical history, personalism and participation occupy the essential parts of philosophical inquiries as they serve as the primary channels through which the mysteries of personhood, are manifested through actions, and their capacity to form a community of persons through interpersonal actions, are said to be somehow known. They are often considered as aspects that elucidate the personal and the communitarian dimensions of a person. Because of their perennial validity for philosophy, each philosophical age has continued to re-examine the tenets of personalism and participation with keen interest and in this way developing notions that aid to the proper understanding of a person and its natural capacity of forming a community. Personalism and participation are ever relevant themes in philosophy and therefore they call for deep analysis and reflection. This book is a critical investigation of Karol Wojtyla/Pope John Paul II's concepts of personalism and participation.