Being different : more Neoplatonism after Derrida / by Stephen Gersh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gersh, Stephen.

Series:

Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic tradition ; v. 16.

Ancient Mediterranean and medieval texts and contexts

Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic tradition, 1871-188X ; volume 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neoplatonism.

Derrida, Jacques.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boston : Brill, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Having now benefited from viable editions and studies of many of the most important authors within the Neoplatonic tradition of western philosophy, it is time for us to read these materials more actively in terms of the philosophical developments of the late twentieth century that provide the greatest opportunities for intertextual exploration. The hermeneutical project that beckons was begun in Stephen Gersh's Neoplatonism after Derrida: Parallelograms (Brill, 2006) and is raised to a higher power in his present volume. Here a new course is charted in the reading of such ancient authors as Proclus, Damascius, Augustine, Pseudo-Dionysius, and Meister Eckhart through a critical engagement with the deconstructions of pagan and Christian Neoplatonic texts in the writings of Jacques Derrida.

Contents:

Front Matter / Stephen Gersh

Neoplatonic Compulsions / Stephen Gersh

Bridging the Gap / Stephen Gersh

Prayer(s) / Stephen Gersh

Hearing Voices / Stephen Gersh

From the One to the Blank / Stephen Gersh

Philosophy [Space] Literature / Stephen Gersh

Bibliography / Stephen Gersh

Index of Names / Stephen Gersh.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-26164-8

OCLC:

866448500

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004261648 DOI