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UNINA9910480677403321 |
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Autore |
Dickinson Colby |
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Titolo |
Words Fail : Theology, Poetry, and the Challenge of Representation / / Colby Dickinson |
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New York, NY : , : Fordham University Press, , [2016] |
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©2016 |
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ISBN |
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0-8232-7284-2 |
0-8232-7287-7 |
0-8232-7288-5 |
0-8232-7286-9 |
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Edizione |
[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (132 p.) |
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Collana |
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Perspectives in Continental Philosophy |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- 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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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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