Autopsia

There are certain things that can be explained and certain things that cannot be explained. This book is about the latter. It is a book about death: how death interrupts and influences the reflection on the self. It is a book about God: a detailed and critical discussion on how Kierkegaard and Derrida apply the concept of God in their philosophical reflections.
The most ground-breaking analysis concerns the famous passage on the self (A.A) in The Sickness unto Death, where the author combines logical, rhetorical and dialectical means to establish a new perspective on Kierkegaard's thinking in general. The Cartesian doubt then constitutes a common trait for his detailed and rigorous analysis of Derrida and Kierkegaard on death, madness, faith, and rationality - showing how they both seek to break up the Hegelian Aufhebung from within, but still remain dependent on Hegel.
After Kierkegaard and Derrida, the certainty and total uncertainty of death - and of God as infinite other - gives the self a basic, though non-foundational, responsibility. The significance of this responsibility, of this other, of this death, requires sustained and thorough consideration. Where others mark a conclusion, this book therefore marks a point of departure: reflecting on oneself at the graveside of a dead man - thus introducing an Autopsia.

About the author

MariusTimmann Mjaaland, University of Oslo, Norway.

Product details

• Authors: Marius Timmann Mjaaland, Marius Timmann Mjaaland
• Assisted by: Brian Mcneil (Translation)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.02.2008
• EAN: 9783110191288
• ISBN: 978-3-11-019128-8
• No. of pages: 357
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 29 mm x 230 mm
• Weight: 644 g
• Series: Kierkegaard Studies. Monograph Series; Kierkegaard Studies. Monograph Series; ISSN
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous