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.

A propos de l'auteur

MariusTimmann Mjaaland, University of Oslo, Norway.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Marius Timmann Mjaaland, Marius Timmann Mjaaland
• Collaboration: Brian Mcneil (Traduction)
• Edition: De Gruyter
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 29.02.2008
• EAN: 9783110191288
• ISBN: 978-3-11-019128-8
• Pages: 357
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 29 mm x 230 mm
• Poids: 644 g
• Thèmes: Kierkegaard Studies. Monograph Series; Kierkegaard Studies. Monograph Series; ISSN
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Philosophie, religion > Autres; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Religion, théologie > Christianisme