02755nam 22005775 450 991048067740332120211005065508.00-8232-7284-20-8232-7287-70-8232-7288-50-8232-7286-910.1515/9780823272860(CKB)3710000000852814(EBL)4706321(StDuBDS)EDZ0001660705(OCoLC)958079145(MdBmJHUP)muse52678(MiAaPQ)EBC4803730(DE-B1597)555476(DE-B1597)9780823272860(MiAaPQ)EBC4706321(EXLCZ)99371000000085281420200723h20162016 fg 0engurnn#---|un|urdacontentrdamediardacarrierWords Fail Theology, Poetry, and the Challenge of Representation /Colby DickinsonFirst edition.New York, NY :Fordham University Press,[2016]©20161 online resource (132 p.)Perspectives in Continental PhilosophyDescription based upon print version of record.0-8232-7283-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 --IndexThere 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.Perspectives in continental philosophy.PoetryElectronic books.Poetry.190Dickinson Colbyauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut990588DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910480677403321Words Fail2470058UNINA