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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewEngaging scholars in a debate that is situated on the cutting edge of critical theory and contemporary philosophy, Hent de Vries and Nils F. Schott have succeeded beautifully in shifting perspective toward a more totalizing philosophy in conversation with ethics, religion, theology, and literature. -- Willemien Otten, University of Chicago This timely and highly stimulating set of essays examines the theological, historical, literary, dramatic, political, and theological resources of love and forgiveness in the world today. The authors find love and forgiveness to be centrally related to questions of justice and recognition, to the alert and attentive desire to see the world and each other aright. I highly recommend this bracing and thought-provoking book. -- Sarah Beckwith, Duke University
Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments Human Alert: Concepts and Practices of Love and Forgiveness, by Hent de Vries and Nils F. Schott 1. Orange Alert, by Haleh Liza Gafori 2. What Love Knows, by Jean-Luc Marion 3. Unpower: An Interview with Hugues Choplin, by Jean-Luc Marion 4. Revenge, Forgiveness, and Love, by Regina M. Schwartz 5. Love and Law: Some Thoughts on Judaism and Calvinism, by Leora Batnitzky 6. "A Mother to All": Love and the Institution of Community in Augustine, by Nils F. Schott 7. Looking Evil in the Eye/I: The Interminable Work of Forgiveness, by Orna Ophir 8. Beyond Right and Wrong: An Exploration of Justice and Forgiveness, by Albert Mason 9. Remarks on Love, by Jacques Derrida 10. To Forgive: The Unforgivable and the Imprescriptible, by Jacques Derrida 11. Thoughts on Love, by Sari Nusseibeh 12. The Passionate Utterance of Love, by Hent de Vries Suggested Reading Contributors Index
