Philosophy and the Turn to Religion - Rilegato

Vries, Hent De; De Vries, Hent

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ISBN 10: 0801859948 ISBN 13: 9780801859946

Casa editrice: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 1999

Riassunto

Emphasizing particularly the later works of Derrida, Vries (philosophy, U. Amsterdam) analyzes the uneasy relationship between philosophy and religion. The religion discussed in his book does not refer to theology in the conventional or confessional sense of the word, but rather as a rethinking of the concepts of ethics and politics and their link with practices and institutions. Thus, Vries explores how Derrida's texts address the question of responsibility in relation to democracy, globalization, and the "politics of hospitality." Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Recensione:

"A quasi-magisterial work, both insofar as its phenomenological rigor gives the reader a comprehension of Derrida's religious writings that transcends their quotability and also insofar as it goes beyond Derrida in its treatment of the relationship between philosophy and religion." -- Martin Kavka, MLN

L'autore:

Hent de Vries is professor of Modern European Thought in the Humanities Center and the Department of Philosophy at the Johns Hopkins University and professor of Philosophy at the University of Amsterdam. Among his books are Minimal Theologies: Critiques of Secular Reason in Adorno and Levinas and Religion and Violence: Philosophical Perspectives from Kant to Derrida, both available from Johns Hopkins. He is the co-editor, with Samuel Weber, of Violence, Identity, and Self-Determination and Religion and Media, and, with Mieke Bal, of the book series Cultural Memory in the Present.

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• Editore: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0801859948
• ISBN 13: 9780801859946
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 475