Personalist Anthropology: A philosophical guide to life

Juan Manuel Burgos has provided the first fully systematic articulation of personalism in English since E.S. Brightman's unfinished masterpiece “Person and Reality” appeared in 1958. Much has happened during those six decades, including personalists such as Martin Luther King, Jr., and John Paul II working successfully to bring down the world and national powers that fail to recognize the dignity of persons as the highest value. Having gone through six editions in Spanish, it is a matter of great importance finally to have this full, updated articulation of the philosophy of personalism in English for our current teaching and recording of the progress of personalist philosophy. Burgos's view is both traditional and progressive, synthesizing many strands of personalist thought for a new and complete picture of the personalist movement. The movement is growing, and this contribution to the systematization of personalism is of supreme importance to that continued growth.

Randall E. Auxier

Professor of Philosophy and Communication Studies

Southern Illinois University Carbondale