A man of little faith / Michel Deguy ; with two essays by Jean-Luc Nancy ; translated, edited, and with an introduction by Christopher Elson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Deguy, Michel, author.

Contributor:

Elson, Christopher, editor, translator.

Nancy, Jean-Luc, contributor.

Series:

SUNY series in contemporary French thought.

SUNY series in contemporary French thought

Standardized Title:

Homme de peu de foi. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Faith--Philosophy.

Faith.

Belief and doubt--Philosophy.

Belief and doubt.

Religion--Philosophy.

Religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (266 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In A Man of Little Faith the French poet and philosopher Michel Deguy reflects on the loss of religious faith both personally and culturally. Disenchanted not only with the oversimplifications of radical atheism but also with what he sees as an insipid sacralization of art as the influence of religion has waned, Deguy refuses to focus on loss or impossibility. Instead he actively suspends belief, producing a poetic deconstruction that, though resolutely a-theistic, makes a plea for an earthly piety and for the preservation of the relics of religion for the world to come. Two essays by Jean-Luc Nancy and a recent interview with Deguy are included, which reveal the impact and implications of Deguy's ongoing reflection and its significance within his generation of French thought.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Translator�s Notes""; ""Introduction: To Conserve While Leaving Behind ""; ""A Poetic Vigilance ""; ""Palinody and Threnody ""; ""The Project of Ineffacement and the Relics ""; ""Piety and Ecology ""; ""Notes ""; ""A MAN OF LITTLE FAITH""; ""This text is of little faith . . . ""; ""I. Palinody""; ""I will not tell of how “I lost faith� . . . ""; ""There is no transcendent . . . ""; ""If I were a visual artist . . . ""; ""I will reverse a saying of Auguste Comte's . . . ""; ""Confiteor""; ""Love Story""; ""Negligence""; ""The fantasy of forgetting""; ""Cuttings""

""II. Notebooks of Disbelief""""In Doubt""; ""“Non credo in�""; ""To Mothers""; ""In the imagination . . . ""; ""“The patient breath of the bull� . . . ""; ""Who is God? . . . ""; ""Christ""; ""The Incarnate""; ""Why continue . . . ""; ""Nothing will be destroyed . . . ""; ""Since the body . . . ""; ""The Future of the Illusion""; ""Relics""; ""Of the Holy Family""; ""My Guardian Angel""; ""There are certainly other just men in the city . . . ""; ""The Infernal Machine""; ""Metaphysical Meditation""; ""Descartes and Socrates""; ""Enough with the science! . . . ""

""Literature And The Good""""The Common Nothing""; ""The Reproach Made to Kant""; ""“Minima Moralia�""; ""Logic of Double Negation or of Non-Mathematical, Paradoxical Apodicticity""; ""III. Simone Weil From Memory""; ""Life and Death""; ""Of Purity""; ""Attention""; ""Of Contrariety""; ""And Today""; ""Notes On Paradox""; ""Of the Double-Bind""; ""Digression on Analogy""; ""Transcendence""; ""An Aside""; ""Revelation, continued . . . ""; ""Of Religion""; ""Of the End""; ""IV. Jewish Humanity""; ""Peace-With""; ""“All Men Will Be Jewish�""; ""Appendix A: Dublin Interview""; ""Notes ""

""Appendix B: Two Essays on Michel Deguy""""Deguy the New Year! ""; ""Notes ""; ""To Accompany Michel Deguy""; ""So as Not to Console the Inconsolable""; ""What then does Philosophy Say?""; ""But we Cry""; ""There�s No Need to Worry About Sense""; ""Companions of Misery""; ""The Salt of Tears""; ""He is no Longer There""; ""Anastasis""; ""Without You""; ""Notes""; ""Notes""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781438453606

1438453604