Words Fail : : Theology, Poetry, and the Challenge of Representation / / 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-...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016 |
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2016] ©2016 |
Year of Publication: | 2016 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Perspectives in Continental Philosophy
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (136 p.) |
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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 |
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Summary: | 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. |
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. |