Words Fail
Theology, Poetry, and the Challenge of Representation
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Theory, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Inspiration & Meditation, Spirituality, Philosophy
| Author: | Colby Dickinson | ISBN: | 9780823272853 |
| Publisher: | Fordham University Press | Publication: | October 3, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Fordham University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Colby Dickinson |
| ISBN: | 9780823272853 |
| Publisher: | Fordham University Press |
| Publication: | October 3, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Fordham University Press |
| Language: | English |
There has been much philosophical speculation on the potential failure of language as well as the search for a presentation of the “thing itself” beyond representation. Words Fail pursues the writings of a trio of philosophers—Jacques Derrida, Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, and Giorgio Agamben—as prime examples of how modern poetry presents us with a profitable vantage point from which to survey the ongoing struggle of living in a highly fragmented world.
Alongside these thinkers, this book looks specifically at the form of spirituality that is given shape by this intersection of poetics and theological-philosophical reflection—all of which offer rich suggestions about our spiritual nature.
There has been much philosophical speculation on the potential failure of language as well as the search for a presentation of the “thing itself” beyond representation. Words Fail pursues the writings of a trio of philosophers—Jacques Derrida, Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, and Giorgio Agamben—as prime examples of how modern poetry presents us with a profitable vantage point from which to survey the ongoing struggle of living in a highly fragmented world.
Alongside these thinkers, this book looks specifically at the form of spirituality that is given shape by this intersection of poetics and theological-philosophical reflection—all of which offer rich suggestions about our spiritual nature.
