Words Fail : Theology, Poetry, and the Challenge of Representation.
Dickinson, Colby.
Words Fail : Theology, Poetry, and the Challenge of Representation. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (132 pages) - Perspectives in Continental Philosophy Series . - Perspectives in Continental Philosophy Series .
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 The Logic of the "As If" and the (Non)existence of God: An Inquiry into the Nature of Belief -- 2 Aesthetics among the Metaphysical Ruins: The Poetry of Paul Celan Seen through the Works of Jacques Derrida and Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe -- 3 On Language and Its Profanation: Beyond Representation in the Poetic Theory of Giorgio Agamben -- Conclusion: The Spiritual and Creative Failures of Representation, or On the Art of Writing -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W.
This book investigates the form of spirituality given shape in the intersection of poetics and theological-philosophical reflection, concerned especially with matters of representation and failure.
9780823272860
Poetry.
Electronic books.
PN1077.D535 2017
Words Fail : Theology, Poetry, and the Challenge of Representation. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (132 pages) - Perspectives in Continental Philosophy Series . - Perspectives in Continental Philosophy Series .
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 The Logic of the "As If" and the (Non)existence of God: An Inquiry into the Nature of Belief -- 2 Aesthetics among the Metaphysical Ruins: The Poetry of Paul Celan Seen through the Works of Jacques Derrida and Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe -- 3 On Language and Its Profanation: Beyond Representation in the Poetic Theory of Giorgio Agamben -- Conclusion: The Spiritual and Creative Failures of Representation, or On the Art of Writing -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W.
This book investigates the form of spirituality given shape in the intersection of poetics and theological-philosophical reflection, concerned especially with matters of representation and failure.
9780823272860
Poetry.
Electronic books.
PN1077.D535 2017