A Man of Little Faith

Informationen zum Autor Michel Deguy is Professor Emeritus at the Université Paris 8 and the author of more than forty books. Christopher Elson is Associate Professor of French and Canadian Studies at Dalhousie University, Canada. He is the coeditor (with Michael Bishop) of Contemporary French Poetics and French Prose in 2000 . Klappentext 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.

Product details

• Authors: Michel Deguy, Michel/ Elson Deguy, Deguy Michel
• Assisted by: Elson Christopher (Introduction), Christopher Elson (Translation), Elson Christopher (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.12.2014
• EAN: 9781438453590
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-5359-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: SUNY Series in Contemporary Fr; Suny Contemporary French Thoug; SUNY series in Contemporary French Thought
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; RELIGION / Spirituality, PHILOSOPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Post-Structuralism, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Deconstruction, Spirituality & religious experience, Philosophy of religion, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Structuralism, Spirituality and religious experience, Deconstructionism, Structuralism, Post-structuralism, Structuralism and Post-structuralism, Eclectic & Esoteric Religions & Belief Systems, Eclectic and esoteric religions and belief systems