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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463476503321

Autore

Nancy Jean-Luc <1940->

Titolo

Adoration [[electronic resource] /] / Jean-Luc Nancy ; translated by John McKeane

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Fordham University Press, 2013

ISBN

0-8232-4298-6

0-8232-4635-3

0-8232-4296-X

0-8232-4297-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (207 p.)

Collana

The deconstruction of Christianity ; ; 2

Perspectives in continental philosophy

Altri autori (Persone)

McKeaneJohn <1984->

Disciplina

210

230.01

Soggetti

Deconstruction

Philosophy and religion - History - 20th century

Christianity - Philosophy - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Translator's Note; Prologue; 1 There Is No Sense of Sense: That Is Worthy of Adoration; 2 In the Midst of the World; 3 Mysteries and Virtues; 4 Complements, Supplements, Fragments; Appendix: Freud-So to Speak; Notes

Sommario/riassunto

Adoration is the second volume of the Deconstruction of Christianity, following Dis-Enclosure. The first volume attempted to demonstrate why it is necessary to open reason up not to a religious dimension but to one transcending reason as we have been accustomed to understanding it; the term ""adoration"" attempts to name the gesture of this dis-enclosed reason. Adoration causes us to receive ignorance as truth: not a feigned ignorance, perhaps not even a ""nonknowledge,"" nothing that would attempt to justify the negative again, but the simple, naked truth that there is nothing in the place of