| Words Fail: Theology, Poetry, and the Challenge of Representation Contributor(s): Dickinson, Colby (Author) |
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ISBN: 0823272842 ISBN-13: 9780823272846 Publisher: Fordham University Press OUR PRICE: $26.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Movements - Deconstruction - Religion | Spirituality - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
| Dewey: 190 |
| LCCN: 2016014314 |
| Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.00 lbs) 136 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dickinson, Colby: - Colby Dickinson is Assistant Professor of Theology at Loyola University Chicago. |