Autopsia : self, death, and God after Kierkegaard and Derrida / / Marius Timmann Mjaaland ; translated from Norwegian by Brian McNeil

• Autore: Mjaaland Marius Timmann
• Pubblicazione: Berlin ; ; New York, : Walter de Gruyter, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (372 p.)
• Disciplina: 198/.9
• Soggetto topico: Self (Philosophy); Death; God
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-354) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- I. Prolegomena: Discourse on Method -- II. Secrets of the Self: Derrida on Madness, Death, and God -- III. Seven Perspectives on Death -- IV. Alterity and Autopsia -- V. Dialectics of Darkness -- VI. The Thanatology of the Spirit -- VII. Hidden Ground: Holy Ground -- In the Final Analysis -- Backmatter
• Sommario/riassunto: There are certain things that can be explained and certain things that cannot be explained. This book is about the latter. It is a book about death: how death interrupts and influences the reflection on the self. It is a book about God: a detailed and critical discussion on how Kierkegaard and Derrida apply the concept of God in their philosophical reflections. The most ground-breaking analysis concerns the famous passage on the self (A.A) in The Sickness unto Death, where the author combines logical, rhetorical and dialectical means to establish a new perspective on Kierkegaard's thinking in general. The Cartesian doubt then constitutes a common trait for his detailed and rigorous analysis of Derrida and Kierkegaard on death, madness, faith, and rationality - showing how they both seek to break up the Hegelian Aufhebung from within, but still remain dependent on Hegel.After Kierkegaard and Derrida, the certainty and total uncertainty of death - and of God as infinite other - gives the self a basic, though non-foundational, responsibility. The significance of this responsibility, of this other, of this death, requires sustained and thorough consideration. Where others mark a conclusion, this book therefore marks a point of departure: reflecting on oneself at the graveside of a dead man - thus introducing an Autopsia.
• Titolo autorizzato: Autopsia
• ISBN: 1-282-19646-4; 9786612196461; 3-11-020523-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825080703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Kierkegaard studies. . -Monograph series ; ; 17.