Carnal Hermeneutics

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Building on a hermeneutic tradition in which accounts of carnal embodiment are overlooked, misunderstood, or underdeveloped, this work initiates a new field of study and concern.Carnal Hermeneutics provides a philosophical approach to the body as interpretation. Transcending the traditional dualism of rational understanding and embodied sensibility, the volume argues that our most carnal sensations are already interpretations. Because interpretation truly goes "all the way down," carnal hermeneutics rejects the opposition of language to sensibility, word to flesh, text to body.In this volume, an impressive array of today's preeminent philosophers seek to interpret the surplus of meaning that arises from our carnal embodiment, its role in our experience and understanding, and its engagement with the wider world.

Sujets

• Philosophie et théologie
• Western philosophy
• Philosophy of mind

Informations

• Publié par: Fordham University Press
• Date de parution: 01 septembre 2015
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780823265916
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

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Carnal Hermeneutics

Series Board

James Bernauer

Drucilla Cornell

homasR.Flynn Kevin Hart Ricard Kearney

Jean-Luc Marion

Adriaan Peperzak

homasSeean

Hent de Vries

Merold Westpal

Micael Zimmerman

Jon D. Caputo,series editor

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E d i t e d b y R I C H A R D K E A R N E Y a n d B R I A N T R E A N O R

Carnal Hermeneutics

F O R D H A M  U N I V E R S I T Y  P R E S S New York  ■

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Carnal ermeneutics / edited by Ricard Kearney and Brian Treanor.  pages cm. — (Perspectives in continental pilosopy)  Includes bibliograpical references and index.  ISBN ---- (ardback) — ISBN ---- (paper) . Human Ricard, editor.I. Kearney, . Hermeneutics. body (Pilosopy) II. Treanor, Brian, editor.  B.BC   ′.—dc 

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Introduction: Carnal Hermeneutics from Head to Foot Ricard Kearney and Brian Treanor

W H Y  C A R N A L  H E R M E N E U T I C S ? he Wager of Carnal Hermeneutics Ricard Kearney Mind te Gap: he Callenge of Matter Brian Treanor

R E T H I N K I N GT H E  F L E S H Retinking Corpus Jean-Luc Nancy

From te Limbs of te Heart to te Soul’s Organs Jean-Louis Crétien A Tragedy and a Dream: Disability Revisited Julia Kristeva Incarnation and te Problem of Touc Micel Henry

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On te Penomena of Suffering Jean-Luc Marion Memory, History, Oblivion Paul Ricoeur

M A T T E R SO F  T O U C H Skin Deep: Bodies Edging into Place Edward S. Casey Touced by Toucing David Wood Umbilicus: Toward a Hermeneutics of Generational Difference Anne O’Byrne Getting in Touc: Aristotelian Diagnostics Emmanuel Alloa Between Vision and Touc: From Husserl to Merleau-Ponty Dermot Moran Biodiversity and te Diacritics of Life Ted Toadvine

D I V I N E  B O D I E S he Passion According to Teresa of Avila Julia Kristeva Refiguring Wounds in te Afterlife (of Trauma) Selly Rambo

his Is My Body: Contribution to a Pilosopy of te Encarist Emmanuel Falque

Original Breat Karmen MacKendrick On te Fles of te Word: Incarnational Hermeneutics Jon Panteleimon Manoussakis Notes

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Acknowledgments

A book like tis inevitably depends on te efforts of a great many people. he project would, of course, ave been impossible witout te generosity and entusiasm of our contributors. A alf-dozen translators also worked to make possible te inclusion of so many of te leading ligts of Frenc pilosopy. And te staff at Fordam University Press efficiently prepared te manuscript for publication. hese people, and oters, all elped te editors to pull togeter tis remarkable volume, wic introduces and de- velops “carnal ermeneutics” for te first time. We are indebted to tem and grateful for te support we’ve received. Helen Tartar was an early and entusiastic supporter of tis project—a project tat, tragically, se was unable to see into print. As te Edito- rial Director at Fordam University Press over te past decade, Helen was a great friend to continental pilosopy and continental pilosopers in te United States and abroad. More tan simply an editor, Helen worked closely wit scolars—bot junior and senior—to actively sape pilo- sopical discourse. Se ad a fine eye for a good book, a keen sense for te direction in wic scolarsip was moving, a purposeful work etic, and a gentle spirit. Sadly, se passed away in an automobile accident just as tis project was nearing completion. However, er spirit lives on in te work of te many autors se elped to discover and cultivate, and in te many books tat se carefully seperded to press. his collection is dedicated to er memory and to pressing on wit te work tat is er legacy.

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