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Radical Atheism: Derrida and the Time of Life

Radical Atheism: Derrida and the Time of Life

Hardcover

Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics

PhilosophyAtheism & Agnosticism

ISBN10: 080470077X
ISBN13: 9780804700771
Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr
Published: Sep 3 2008
Pages: 272
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Radical Atheism presents a profound new reading of the influential French philosopher Jacques Derrida. Against the prevalent notion that there was an ethical or religious turn in Derrida's thinking, Hägglund argues that a radical atheism informs Derrida's work from beginning to end. Proceeding from Derrida's insight into the constitution of time, Hägglund demonstrates how Derrida rethinks the condition of identity, ethics, religion, and political emancipation in accordance with the logic of radical atheism. Hägglund challenges other major interpreters of Derrida's work and offers a compelling account of Derrida's thinking on life and death, good and evil, self and other. Furthermore, Hägglund does not only explicate Derrida's position but also develops his arguments, fortifies his logic, and pursues its implications. The result is a groundbreaking deconstruction of the perennial philosophical themes of time and desire as well as pressing contemporary issues of sovereignty and democracy.

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