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Edinburgh University Press Giorgio Agambens Homo Sacer Series
Book SynopsisRequiring no prior knowledge of the series, Colby Dickinson explains why Agamben's Homer Sacer series is one of the most significant philosophical texts of the past century. He unpacks key concepts including sovereignty, potentiality, form-of-life, the state of exception, inoperativity, glory and the messianic as they appear and reappear.
£19.94
Edinburgh University Press Giorgio Agambens Homo Sacer Series
Book SynopsisRequiring no prior knowledge of the series, Colby Dickinson explains why Agamben's Homer Sacer series is one of the most significant philosophical texts of the past century. He unpacks key concepts including sovereignty, potentiality, form-of-life, the state of exception, inoperativity, glory and the messianic as they appear and reappear.
£90.00
Fordham University Press Words Fail
Book SynopsisThis book investigates the form of spirituality given shape in the intersection of poetics and theological-philosophical reflection, concerned especially with matters of representation and failure.Trade Review"Colby Dickinson provides us with a compelling meditation on the complex relationship between poetry, philosophy, and religion. He not only illuminates Derrida and Agamben's engagement with poetry but allows poetry to talk back to philosophy-and invites the reader to reconsider what is at stake every time we sit down to write." -- -Adam Kotsko Shimer CollegeTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. The logic of the 'as if' and the (non)existence of God: An inquiry into the nature of belief 2. Aesthetics among the metaphysical ruins: The poetry of Paul Celan seen through the works of Jacques Derrida and Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe 3. On language and its profanation: Beyond representation in the poetic theory of Giorgio Agamben Conclusion: The Spiritual and Creative Failures of Representation, or On the Art of Writing Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
£62.90
Fordham University Press Walter Benjamin and Theology
Book SynopsisBenjamin’s relationship to theological matters has been less observed than it should. Walter Benjamin and Theology brings together some of the world’s most renowned experts to reassess the stake theology has in Benjamin’s writings, aiming for nothing less than the beginning of a new phase in Anglophone Benjamin scholarship.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Colby Dickinson and Stephane Symons Metaphysics of Transience, Natural and Supernatural Life, Apokatastasis Benjamin's Messianic Metaphysics of Transience Annika Thiem Completion Instead of Revelation: Toward the "Theological-Political Fragment" Peter Fenves Fidelity, Love, Eros: Benjamin's Bi-referential Concept of Life as Developed in "Goethe's Elective Affinities" Sigrid Weigel The Will to Apokatastasis: Media, Experience, and Eschatology in Walter Benjamin's Late Theological Politics Michael W. Jennings Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Influences Walter Benjamin's Jewishness Howard Eiland Benjamin's Natural Theology Howard Caygill Walter Benjamin: A Modern Marcionite? Jacob Taubes Seminar Notes: Walter Benjamin: Theses on the Philosophy of History Jacob Taubes Dislocated Messianism: Modernity, Marxism, and Violence On Benjamin's Baudelaire Giorgio Agamben On Vanishing and Fulfillment Eli Friedlander Rhythms of the Living: Conditions of Critique: On Judith Butler's Reading of Walter Benjamin's "Critique of Violence" Astrid Deuber-Mankowsky One Time Traverses Another: Benjamin's Theological-Political Fragment Judith Butler On Reading Walter Benjamin-From a Christian Perspective Hille Haker List of Contributors Index
£27.90
Fordham University Press Words Fail Theology Poetry and the Challenge of
Book SynopsisThis book investigates the form of spirituality given shape in the intersection of poetics and theological-philosophical reflection, concerned especially with matters of representation and failure.Trade Review"Colby Dickinson provides us with a compelling meditation on the complex relationship between poetry, philosophy, and religion. He not only illuminates Derrida and Agamben's engagement with poetry but allows poetry to talk back to philosophy-and invites the reader to reconsider what is at stake every time we sit down to write." -- -Adam Kotsko Shimer CollegeTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. The logic of the 'as if' and the (non)existence of God: An inquiry into the nature of belief 2. Aesthetics among the metaphysical ruins: The poetry of Paul Celan seen through the works of Jacques Derrida and Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe 3. On language and its profanation: Beyond representation in the poetic theory of Giorgio Agamben Conclusion: The Spiritual and Creative Failures of Representation, or On the Art of Writing Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
£19.79
Edinburgh University Press Agamben and the Existentialists
Book SynopsisDivided into three sections 'Agamben and the Sovereign Exception', 'Agamben and the Death of God' and 'Existentialist Themes in Agamben' this collection challenges, complicates and reimagines Agamben's critique of the sovereign exception and other existentialist themes including feminism and postcolonialism.
£81.00
Edinburgh University Press Agamben and the Existentialists
Book SynopsisDivided into three sections 'Agamben and the Sovereign Exception', 'Agamben and the Death of God' and 'Existentialist Themes in Agamben' this collection challenges, complicates and reimagines Agamben's critique of the sovereign exception and other existentialist themes including feminism and postcolonialism.Trade Review"Consistently challenging, informative, and enlightening, the essays in this volume make a major contribution in situating Agamben's thought in relation to existentialist thinkers and themes. They provide a bright new lens through which to view Agamben's work." -Kevin Attell, Cornell University
£19.94
Rowman & Littlefield International Theology and Contemporary Continental Philosophy:
Book SynopsisThis book aims to put modern continental philosophy, specifically the sub-fields of phenomenology, existentialism, hermeneutics, deconstruction, critical theory and genealogy, into conversation with the field of contemporary theology. Colby Dickinson demonstrates the way in which negative dialectics, or the negation of negation, may help us to grasp the thin (or non-existent) borders between continental philosophy and theology as the leading thinkers of both fields wrestle with their entrance into a new era. With the declining place of "the sacred" in the public sphere, we need to pay more attention than ever to how continental philosophy seems to be returning to distinctly theological roots. Through a genealogical mapping of 20th-century continental philosophers, Dickinson highlights the ever-present Judeo-Christian roots of modern Western philosophical thought. Opposing categories such as immanence/transcendence, finitude/infinitude, universal/particular, subject/object, are at the center of works by thinkers such as Agamben, Marion, Vattimo, Levinas, Latour, Caputo and Adorno. This book argues that utilizing a negative dialectic allows us to move beyond the apparent fixation with dichotomies present within those fields and begin to perform both philosophy and theology anew.Trade ReviewDickinson argues for more fluid fertile borderlands between philosophy and theology. Deploying a dialectics of 'double negation' he critiques the mega-narratives of modernity in order to open a new 'logics' of transfusion between faith and reason. This allows for a positive revisiting of the roots of theological inquiry while embracing the most robust resources of postmodern thinking. A timely, bold and engaging work. -- Richard Kearney, Charles Seelig Professor of Philosophy, Boston CollegeThis book is more than a masterful mapping of a huge swath of contemporary theology and continental philosophy. Dickinson’s negative dialectic is also a cookbook of risky strategies—so many spiritual exercises on offer to us-- which situate living thought along a precarious fault line of disenchantment and hope that neither philosophy nor theology can successfully manage. -- Ward Blanton, Reader in Biblical Cultures and European Thought, University of KentDickinson is one of our best guides to the leading edges where continental philosophy and theology intersect. In Theology and Contemporary Continental Philosophy, he offers a concise, accessible overview of this interaction. The negative dialectics of philosophy are entangled with negative theology to generate a weakened but transformative discourse that opens up both to other, nondualist ways of thinking. -- Clayton Crockett, Professor and Director of Religious Studies, University of Central ArkansasTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Chapter One: On the Relationship of Continental Philosophy to Theology Chapter Two: Toward a Negative Dialectic Chapter Three: The Gap within Existence as Theological Motif Chapter Four: The Phenomenological (Re)turn Conclusion Bibliography
£35.15
Lexington Books A Companion to Ricoeurs The Symbolism of Evil
Book SynopsisThe Symbolism of Evil is the final book in Ricoeur's early trilogy on the will. While Freedom and Nature sets aside normative questions altogether and Fallible Man examines the question of what makes the bad will possible, here Ricoeur takes up the question of evil in its actuality. What is the nature of the will that has succumbed to evil? The question of evil resists reflection and remains inscrutable. This leads Ricoeur to proceed indirectly through a study of the abundant resources contained in symbols and myths. Symbols, as Ricoeur famously says, give rise to thought and thereby open up a field of meanings which help to inform a philosophical reflection on evil. This hermeneutics of symbols signals an important shift in Ricoeur's philosophical trajectory which increasingly shifts to language and the various forms of discourse which harbor multiple meanings. The contributors to this volume highlight a wide range of important themes in Ricoeur's treatment of the symbolics of evil thTable of ContentsIntroduction to The Symbolism of EvilScott DavidsonPart I: Reflections on Evil and Its Primary Symbols Chapter 1: The Question of Evil Jérôme PoréeChapter 2: The Ambiguity of FleshAdam J. GravesChapter 3: Ricoeur’s Phenomenological Hermeneutics of SinMarc-Antoine ValléeChapter 4: On the Servile WillDaniel FreyPart II: The Secondary Symbolics of Evil: Religious Ritual, Metaphor, and MythChapter 5: Why Religious Symbols? Accounting for an Unfashionable ApproachPetruschka SchaafsmaChapter 6: Wagering for a Second Naïveté? Tensions in Ricoeur’s Account of the Symbolism of EvilChristina M. Gschwandtner Chapter 7: Between Barth and Eliade: Ricoeur’s Mediation of the Word and the SacredBrian GregorChapter 8: Metaphor as Dynamic Myth in RicoeurColby DickinsonChapter 9: Salvation as Knowledge: Ricoeur’s Reading of PlatoScott DavidsonPart III: What Does the Symbol Give?Chapter 10: The Symbol Gives Rise to Race Nathan D. PedersonChapter 11: The Symbol Gives Rise to Theology: A Poetics of TheologyDan R. StiverChapter 12: The Symbol Gives Rise to Faith (Perhaps): Theopoetics and the Gift of a Second NaivetéB. Keith PuttAbout the Contributors
£81.00
Rowman & Littlefield International Theology and Contemporary Continental Philosophy:
Book SynopsisThis book aims to put modern continental philosophy, specifically the sub-fields of phenomenology, existentialism, hermeneutics, deconstruction, critical theory and genealogy, into conversation with the field of contemporary theology. Colby Dickinson demonstrates the way in which negative dialectics, or the negation of negation, may help us to grasp the thin (or non-existent) borders between continental philosophy and theology as the leading thinkers of both fields wrestle with their entrance into a new era. With the declining place of "the sacred" in the public sphere, we need to pay more attention than ever to how continental philosophy seems to be returning to distinctly theological roots. Through a genealogical mapping of 20th-century continental philosophers, Dickinson highlights the ever-present Judeo-Christian roots of modern Western philosophical thought. Opposing categories such as immanence/transcendence, finitude/infinitude, universal/particular, subject/object, are at the center of works by thinkers such as Agamben, Marion, Vattimo, Levinas, Latour, Caputo and Adorno. This book argues that utilizing a negative dialectic allows us to move beyond the apparent fixation with dichotomies present within those fields and begin to perform both philosophy and theology anew.Trade ReviewDickinson argues for more fluid fertile borderlands between philosophy and theology. Deploying a dialectics of 'double negation' he critiques the mega-narratives of modernity in order to open a new 'logics' of transfusion between faith and reason. This allows for a positive revisiting of the roots of theological inquiry while embracing the most robust resources of postmodern thinking. A timely, bold and engaging work. -- Richard Kearney, Charles Seelig Professor of Philosophy, Boston CollegeThis book is more than a masterful mapping of a huge swath of contemporary theology and continental philosophy. Dickinson’s negative dialectic is also a cookbook of risky strategies—so many spiritual exercises on offer to us-- which situate living thought along a precarious fault line of disenchantment and hope that neither philosophy nor theology can successfully manage. -- Ward Blanton, Reader in Biblical Cultures and European Thought, University of KentDickinson is one of our best guides to the leading edges where continental philosophy and theology intersect. In Theology and Contemporary Continental Philosophy, he offers a concise, accessible overview of this interaction. The negative dialectics of philosophy are entangled with negative theology to generate a weakened but transformative discourse that opens up both to other, nondualist ways of thinking. -- Clayton Crockett, Professor and Director of Religious Studies, University of Central ArkansasTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Chapter One: On the Relationship of Continental Philosophy to Theology Chapter Two: Toward a Negative Dialectic Chapter Three: The Gap within Existence as Theological Motif Chapter Four: The Phenomenological (Re)turn Conclusion Bibliography
£97.20
Rowman & Littlefield International Agamben's Coming Philosophy: Finding a New Use
Book SynopsisOne of the many challenges for readers of Agamben’s sprawling and heterogeneous body of work is what to make of his increasingly insistent focus on theology. Agamben’s Coming Philosophy brings together Colby Dickinson, the author of Agamben and Theology, and Adam Kotsko, the translator of several of Agamben’s more recent theologically-oriented books, to discuss Agamben’s unique approach to theology—and its profound implications for understanding Agamben’s philosophical project and the deepest political and ethical problems of our time. The book covers the whole range of Agamben’s work, from his earliest reflections to his forthcoming magnum opus, The Use of Bodies. Along the way, the authors provide an overview of Agamben’s project as a whole, as well as incisive reflections on individual works and isolated themes. This volume is essential reading for anyone grappling with Agamben’s work. The theological starting point leads to a thorough examination of Agamben’s methodology, his relationship with his primary sources (most notably Walter Benjamin), and his relevance for questions of politics, ethics, and philosophy.Trade ReviewIt is only through [the] theological dimension that we can discern the radical emancipatory project which sustains Agamben’s work. For this reason, Dickinson’s and Kotsko’s book is indispensable for everyone who wants not only to understand where we are today, but also to discern the possibilities for breaking out of our impasses. In short, their book is simply a book for everyone – for everyone who is ready to think. -- Slavoj ŽižekI read Colby Dickinson and Adam Kotsko’s unprecedented book as a masterly constructed musical fugue, in which two different voices dialogue and alternate, not only throwing an entirely new light on my work, but also exploring in their adagios and crescendos a new possible use for both philosophy and theology. -- Giorgio AgambenTable of ContentsAcknowledgments / Abbreviations / Introduction, Adam Kotsko and Colby Dickinson / / Part I: Agamben as a Reader of Benjamin / 1. On the ‘Coming Philosophy’, Colby Dickinson / 2. Reading the ‘Critique of Violence’, Adam Kotsko / 3. Gestures of Text and Violence, Colby Dickinson / 4. Citing ‘Whatever’ Authority, Colby Dickinson / Part II: Futures of Political Theology / 5. Immanence as Revelation, Colby Dickinson / 6. Agamben’s Messianic Nihilism, Colby Dickinson / 7. The Divisions of Sovereignty, Colby Dickinson / 8. Perhaps Psychoanalysis?, Adam Kotsko / Part III: Methods, Economies, Theologies / 9. Genealogy and Political Theology, Adam Kotsko / 10. The ‘Absence’ of Gender, Colby Dickinson / 11. The Theology of Neoliberalism, Adam Kotsko / 12. Cur Deus Homo Sacer?, Colby Dickinson / 13. Paul and the Jewish Alternative, Adam Kotsko / 14. What is to be Done? The Endgame of the Homo Sacer Series, Adam Kotsko / 15. Conclusion: Finding a New Use for Theology, Colby Dickinson and Adam Kotsko / Bibliography / Index
£116.10
Rowman & Littlefield International Agamben's Coming Philosophy: Finding a New Use
Book SynopsisOne of the many challenges for readers of Agamben’s sprawling and heterogeneous body of work is what to make of his increasingly insistent focus on theology. Agamben’s Coming Philosophy brings together Colby Dickinson, the author of Agamben and Theology, and Adam Kotsko, the translator of several of Agamben’s more recent theologically-oriented books, to discuss Agamben’s unique approach to theology—and its profound implications for understanding Agamben’s philosophical project and the deepest political and ethical problems of our time. The book covers the whole range of Agamben’s work, from his earliest reflections to his forthcoming magnum opus, The Use of Bodies. Along the way, the authors provide an overview of Agamben’s project as a whole, as well as incisive reflections on individual works and isolated themes. This volume is essential reading for anyone grappling with Agamben’s work. The theological starting point leads to a thorough examination of Agamben’s methodology, his relationship with his primary sources (most notably Walter Benjamin), and his relevance for questions of politics, ethics, and philosophy.Trade ReviewIt is only through [the] theological dimension that we can discern the radical emancipatory project which sustains Agamben’s work. For this reason, Dickinson’s and Kotsko’s book is indispensable for everyone who wants not only to understand where we are today, but also to discern the possibilities for breaking out of our impasses. In short, their book is simply a book for everyone – for everyone who is ready to think. -- Slavoj ŽižekI read Colby Dickinson and Adam Kotsko’s unprecedented book as a masterly constructed musical fugue, in which two different voices dialogue and alternate, not only throwing an entirely new light on my work, but also exploring in their adagios and crescendos a new possible use for both philosophy and theology. -- Giorgio AgambenTable of ContentsAcknowledgments / Abbreviations / Introduction, Adam Kotsko and Colby Dickinson / / Part I: Agamben as a Reader of Benjamin / 1. On the ‘Coming Philosophy’, Colby Dickinson / 2. Reading the ‘Critique of Violence’, Adam Kotsko / 3. Gestures of Text and Violence, Colby Dickinson / 4. Citing ‘Whatever’ Authority, Colby Dickinson / Part II: Futures of Political Theology / 5. Immanence as Revelation, Colby Dickinson / 6. Agamben’s Messianic Nihilism, Colby Dickinson / 7. The Divisions of Sovereignty, Colby Dickinson / 8. Perhaps Psychoanalysis?, Adam Kotsko / Part III: Methods, Economies, Theologies / 9. Genealogy and Political Theology, Adam Kotsko / 10. The ‘Absence’ of Gender, Colby Dickinson / 11. The Theology of Neoliberalism, Adam Kotsko / 12. Cur Deus Homo Sacer?, Colby Dickinson / 13. Paul and the Jewish Alternative, Adam Kotsko / 14. What is to be Done? The Endgame of the Homo Sacer Series, Adam Kotsko / 15. Conclusion: Finding a New Use for Theology, Colby Dickinson and Adam Kotsko / Bibliography / Index
£38.70
