Opening doors : thought from (and of) the outside / / Garry Watson.
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| Year of Publication: | 2008 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | xx, 265 p. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface: A different kind of meditation
- Part I: Introductory
- A polemical clearing of the ground
- Why we need to rethink religion
- Part II: The outside
- Shifting focus from the "outsider" to the "outside"
- Thought from (and of) the outside : Lawrence, Levinas and Derrida on the firing line
- Thought from (and of) the outside : Abraham, Conrad's "secret sharer" and hospitality
- Balancing as we go : slave or noble? Abrahamic or Hellenic?
- Conclusion : "Driv[ing] on to the edge of the unknown and beyond".