Words Fail : : Theology, Poetry, and the Challenge of Representation / / Colby Dickinson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
• VerfasserIn: Dickinson, Colby,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (136 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; 1. The Logic of the "As If " and the (Non)existence of God --; 2. Aesthetics among the Metaphysical Ruins --; 3. On Language and Its Profanation --; Conclusion. The Spiritual and Creative Failures of Representation, or On the Art of Writing --; Acknowledgments --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780823272860; 9783110729023
• DOI: 10.1515/9780823272860
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Colby Dickinson.

There has been much philosophical speculation on the potential failure of language as well as the search for a presentation of the "thing itself" beyond representation. Words Fail pursues the writings of a trio of philosophers-Jacques Derrida, Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, and Giorgio Agamben-as prime examples of how modern poetry presents us with a profitable vantage point from which to survey the ongoing struggle of living in a highly fragmented world.Alongside these thinkers, this book looks specifically at the form of spirituality that is given shape by this intersection of poetics and theological-philosophical reflection-all of which offer rich suggestions about our spiritual nature.