Words Fail : Theology, Poetry, and the Challenge of Representation / / Colby Dickinson

• Autore: Dickinson Colby
• Pubblicazione: New York, NY : , : Fordham University Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (132 p.)
• Disciplina: 190
• Soggetto topico: Poetry
• Soggetto non controllato: Failure; Giorgio Agamben; Identity; Jacques Derrida; Paul Celan; Philosophy; Poetics; Representation; Spirituality; Theology
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Words Fail
• ISBN: 0-8232-7284-2; 0-8232-7287-7; 0-8232-7288-5; 0-8232-7286-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910798751803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Perspectives in continental philosophy.