Stanley Cavell, Religion, and Continental Philosophy

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The American philosopher Stanley Cavell (b. 1926) is a secular Jew who by his own admission is obsessed with Christ, yet his outlook on religion in general is ambiguous. Probing the secular and the sacred in Cavell’s thought, Espen Dahl explains that Cavell, while often parting ways with Christianity, cannot dismiss it either. Focusing on Cavell's work as a whole, but especially on his recent engagement with Continental philosophy, Dahl brings out important themes in Cavell’s philosophy and his conversation with theology. Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Acknowledgments......Page 8 List of Abbreviations......Page 10 Introduction......Page 14 1. Modernism and Religion......Page 29 2. The Ordinary Sublime......Page 46 3. Acknowledging God......Page 60 4. Skepticism, Finitude, and Sin......Page 79 5. The Tragic Dimension of the Ordinary......Page 94 6. The Other and Violence......Page 115 7. Forgiveness and Passivity......Page 134 Conclusion: The Last Question: Self-redemption or Divine Redemption?......Page 152 Notes......Page 160 Bibliography......Page 176 C......Page 184 E......Page 185 I......Page 186 N......Page 187 R......Page 188 T......Page 189 W......Page 190