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Hegel and the Infinite: Religion, Politics, and Dialectic
Zizek, S; Crockett,
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Hardback. Editor(s): Zizek, Slavoj; Crockett, Clayton; Davis, Creston. Series: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF7; HRAB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 474.
Catherine Malabou, Antonio Negri, John D. Caputo, Bruno Bosteels, Mark C. Taylor, and Slavoj Zizek join seven others-including William Desmond, Katrin Pahl, Adrian Johnston, Edith Wyschogrod, and Thomas A. Lewis-to apply Hegel's thought to twenty-first-century philosophy, politics, and religion. Doing away with claims that the evolution of thought and history is at an end, these thinkers safeguard Hegel's innovations against irrelevance and, importantly, reset the distinction of secular and sacred. These original contributions focus on Hegelian analysis and the transformative value of the philosopher's thought in relation to our current "turn to religion." Malabou develops Hegel's motif of confession ... Read more
Catherine Malabou, Antonio Negri, John D. Caputo, Bruno Bosteels, Mark C. Taylor, and Slavoj Zizek join seven others-including William Desmond, Katrin Pahl, Adrian Johnston, Edith Wyschogrod, and Thomas A. Lewis-to apply Hegel's thought to twenty-first-century philosophy, politics, and religion. Doing away with claims that the evolution of thought and history is at an end, these thinkers safeguard Hegel's innovations against irrelevance and, importantly, reset the distinction of secular and sacred. These original contributions focus on Hegelian analysis and the transformative value of the philosopher's thought in relation to our current "turn to religion." Malabou develops Hegel's motif of confession ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231143349
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V9780231143349
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About Zizek, S; Crockett,
Slavoj Zizek is a professor at the Institute for Sociology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, and at the European Graduate School, Switzerland. His many books include Democracy in What State?, Living in the End Times, and Tarrying with the Negative: Kant, Hegel, and the Critique of Ideology. Clayton Crockett is associate professor and director of religious studies at the University ... Read more
Reviews for Hegel and the Infinite: Religion, Politics, and Dialectic
A very strong collection of essays that goes beyond the critical poles that have tended to divide Hegel's readers in recent years. Rather than assuming we already know Hegel, these essays approach the philosopher as an infinitely complex and shifting set of ideas and texts that must be constantly reread, insofar as those texts continue to unfold new meanings through ... Read more