Colby Dickinson: Words Fail
Words Fail
Buch
- Theology, Poetry, and the Challenge of Representation
- Fordham University Press, 10/2016
- Einband: Gebunden, HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9780823272839
- Bestellnummer: 11983332
- Umfang: 132 Seiten
- Gewicht: 355 g
- Maße: 235 x 157 mm
- Stärke: 12 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 3.10.2016
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
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Klappentext
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.
Colby Dickinson
Words Fail
EUR 136,91*