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Adoration / Jean-Luc Nancy ; translated by John McKeane.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nancy, Jean-Luc.
- Series:
- Perspectives in Continental Philosophy (FUP)
- Perspectives in continental philosophy
- The deconstruction of Christianity ; 2
- Standardized Title:
- Adoration. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Deconstruction.
- Philosophy and religion--History--20th century.
- Philosophy and religion.
- Christianity--Philosophy--History--20th century.
- Christianity.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (207 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Fordham University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Adoration is the second volume of the Deconstruction of Christianity, following Dis-Enclosure. The first volume attempted to demonstrate why it is necessary to open reason up not to a religious dimension but to one transcending reason as we have been accustomed to understanding it; the term ""adoration"" attempts to name the gesture of this dis-enclosed reason. Adoration causes us to receive ignorance as truth: not a feigned ignorance, perhaps not even a ""nonknowledge,"" nothing that would attempt to justify the negative again, but the simple, naked truth that there is nothing in the place of
- Contents:
- Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Translator's Note; Prologue; 1 There Is No Sense of Sense: That Is Worthy of Adoration; 2 In the Midst of the World; 3 Mysteries and Virtues; 4 Complements, Supplements, Fragments; Appendix: Freud-So to Speak; Notes
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780823242986
- 0823242986
- 9780823246359
- 0823246353
- 9780823242962
- 082324296X
- 9780823242979
- 0823242978
- OCLC:
- 823719781
- Publisher Number:
- 2027/heb31659 hdl
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