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The Writing of Innocence: Blanchot and the Deconstruction of Christianity

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Availability:In StockContributor:Aïcha Liviana MessinaSeries:Suny Series, Literature . . . in TheoryPublish date:2023-01-02Pages:218
Language:EnglishPublisher:State University of New York PressISBN-13:9781438489001ISBN-10:1438489005UPC:9781438489001Book Category:Philosophy, ReligionBook Subcategory:History & Surveys, Movements, PhilosophyBook Topic:Modern, DeconstructionSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.7209Product ID:SCZDMJ9KW6
The Writing of Innocence explores the topic of innocence and the peculiar relationship to Christianity in the writing of Maurice Blanchot. Its starting point is that innocence is not a condition relegated to a mythical past but rather one resulting from the construction of the subject in and through language. Hence, we don't lose innocence; instead, we are lost by innocence. It is an excess, not a lack. This inverted notion of innocence raises new ethical and political issues that A?cha Liviana Messina unfolds through vigorous re-readings of a series of biblical motifs, including law, grace, and apocalypse. The closing chapter turns to the convergences and divergences between Jean-Luc Nancy's and Blanchot's understandings of the deconstruction of Christianity. With a foreword by philosopher Serge Margel, The Writing of Innocence offers a fresh perspective on Blanchot's writings in general and on his dialogue with Hegel in particular. While staging innocence in its philosophical and literary dimensions, The Writing of Innocence provides singular readings of works by Kierkegaard, Agamben, Derrida, Nancy, Camus, Hugo, and Kafka.
Language:EnglishPublisher:State University of New York PressISBN-13:9781438489001ISBN-10:1438489005UPC:9781438489001Book Category:Philosophy, ReligionBook Subcategory:History & Surveys, Movements, PhilosophyBook Topic:Modern, DeconstructionSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.7209Product ID:SCZDMJ9KW6
A?cha Liviana Messina is Titular Professor of Philosophy at Diego Portales University in Chile.
Publisher: State University of New York Press

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