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Radical Atheism: Derrida and the Time of Life (Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics)

By Martin Hagglund

Book information

Year
2008
ISBN
080470077X, 9780804700771, 0804700788, 9780804700788
LCC
B2430.D484 H33 2008
Open Library ID
OL16839156M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2748276 bytes)
Edition
First Edition
Pages
272\272
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07
Философские дисциплины;История философии;История ф

Description

Radical Atheism presents a profound new reading of the influential French philosopher Jacques Derrida. Against the prevalent notion that there was an ethical or religious "turn" in Derrida's thinking, H?gglund argues that a radical atheism informs Derrida's work from beginning to end. Proceeding from Derrida's insight into the constitution of time, H?gglund demonstrates how Derrida rethinks the condition of identity, ethics, religion, and political emancipation in accordance with the logic of radical atheism. H?gglund challenges other major interpreters of Derrida's work and offers a compelling account of Derrida's thinking on life and death, good and evil, self and other. Furthermore, H?gglund does not only explicate Derrida's position but also develops his arguments, fortifies his logic, and pursues its implications. The result is a groundbreaking deconstruction of the perennial philosophical themes of time and desire as well as pressing contemporary issues of sovereignty and democracy.

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