Words Fail

Theology, Poetry, and the Challenge of Representation

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Theory, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Inspiration & Meditation, Spirituality, Philosophy
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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.

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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.

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