Augustine and postmodernism : confessions and circumfession / edited by John D. Caputo and Michael J. Scanlon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Caputo, John D.

Scanlon, Michael J.

Series:

Indiana series in the philosophy of religion.

Indiana series in the philosophy of religion

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430. Confessiones.

Augustine.

Derrida, Jacques.

Philosophy, European.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At the heart of the current surge of interest in religion among contemporary Continental philosophers stands Augustine's Confessions. With Derrida's Circumfession constantly in the background, this volume takes up the provocative readings of Augustine by Heidegger, Lyotard, Arendt, and Ricoeur. Derrida himself presides over and comments on essays by major Continental philosophers and internationally recognized Augustine scholars. While studies on and about Augustine as a philosopher abound, none approa

Contents:

Cover; TOC; acknowledgments; Introduction: The Postmodern Augustine; 1. Composing "Circumfession"; 2. Confessions and "Circumfession": A Roundtable Discussion withJacques Derrida; 3. Time-for the Truth; 4. Instances: Temporal Modes from Augustine to Derrida and Lyotard; Response by Jacques Derrida; 5. Shedding Tears Beyond Being: Derrida's Confession of Prayer; 6. Heidegger: Reader of Augustine; Response by Jacques Derrida; 7. The Form of an "I"; Response by Jacques Derrida; 8. Time, Evil, and Narrative: Ricoeur on Augustine; 9. Arendt's Augustine

10. Reading like Angels: Derrida and Augustine on the Book(for a History of Literature)Response by Jacques Derrida; 11. Augustine's Unconfessions; 12. On Not Retracting the Unconfessed; 13. Why Augustine? Why Now?; contributors; index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-253-11108-0

OCLC:

475970842