Words Fail

Theology, Poetry, and the Challenge of Representation

AvColby Dickinson

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-10-03
Mått:152 x 229 x 12 mm
Vikt:353 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Perspectives in Continental Philosophy
Antal sidor:136
Förlag:Fordham University Press
ISBN:9780823272839

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Filosofiska discipliner inom Filosofi och religion
Litteraturteori inom Skönlitteratur
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur

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Colby Dickinson is Assistant Professor of Theology at Loyola University Chicago.

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"Colby Dickinson provides us with a compelling meditation on the complex relationship between poetry, philosophy, and religion. He not only illuminates Derrida and Agamben's engagement with poetry but allows poetry to talk back to philosophy-and invites the reader to reconsider what is at stake every time we sit down to write." -- -Adam Kotsko Shimer College

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction 1. The logic of the 'as if' and the (non)existence of God: An inquiry into the nature of belief 2. Aesthetics among the metaphysical ruins: The poetry of Paul Celan seen through the works of Jacques Derrida and Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe 3. On language and its profanation: Beyond representation in the poetic theory of Giorgio Agamben Conclusion: The Spiritual and Creative Failures of Representation, or On the Art of Writing Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index