Autopsia : : Self, Death, and God after Kierkegaard and Derrida / / Marius Timmann Mjaaland.
There are certain things that can be explained and certain things that cannot be explained. This book is about the latter. It is a book about death: how death interrupts and influences the reflection on the self. It is a book about God: a detailed and critical discussion on how Kierkegaard and Derri...
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2008] ©2008 |
Year of Publication: | 2008 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Kierkegaard Studies. Monograph Series ,
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (357 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- I. Prolegomena: Discourse on Method -- II. Secrets of the Self: Derrida on Madness, Death, -- and God -- III. Seven Perspectives on Death -- IV. Alterity and Autopsia -- V. Dialectics of Darkness -- VI. The Thanatology of the Spirit -- VII. Hidden Ground: Holy Ground -- In the Final Analysis -- Backmatter |
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Summary: | There are certain things that can be explained and certain things that cannot be explained. This book is about the latter. It is a book about death: how death interrupts and influences the reflection on the self. It is a book about God: a detailed and critical discussion on how Kierkegaard and Derrida apply the concept of God in their philosophical reflections. The most ground-breaking analysis concerns the famous passage on the self (A.A) in The Sickness unto Death, where the author combines logical, rhetorical and dialectical means to establish a new perspective on Kierkegaard’s thinking in general. The Cartesian doubt then constitutes a common trait for his detailed and rigorous analysis of Derrida and Kierkegaard on death, madness, faith, and rationality – showing how they both seek to break up the Hegelian Aufhebung from within, but still remain dependent on Hegel.After Kierkegaard and Derrida, the certainty and total uncertainty of death – and of God as infinite other – gives the self a basic, though non-foundational, responsibility. The significance of this responsibility, of this other, of this death, requires sustained and thorough consideration. Where others mark a conclusion, this book therefore marks a point of departure: reflecting on oneself at the graveside of a dead man – thus introducing an Autopsia. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9783110205237 9783110238570 9783110238488 9783110636949 9783110212129 9783110212136 9783110209280 |
ISSN: | 1434-2952 ; |
DOI: | 10.1515/9783110205237 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Marius Timmann Mjaaland. |