A Passion for the Impossible

Description

Presenting the first systematic appraisal of the thought of John D. Caputo, one of America's most respected and controversial continental thinkers, this book brings together internationally renowned philosophers, theologians, and cultural critics. One highlight of the work is an interview with Jacques Derrida in which Derrida talks candidly about his reaction to Caputo's writings and spells out the implications for religion and the question of God after deconstruction. Caputo responds to the concerns expressed by his interlocutors in the same humorous, erudite, and challenging spirit for which he is known. The result is a lively and stimulating debate, covering themes in the philosophy of religion, deconstruction, political philosophy, feminism, and hermeneutics, as well as issues surrounding the work of Aquinas, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Heidegger, Foucault, Derrida, and Rorty.

Abbreviations

Saints and Postmodernism: Introduction

1. God and Anonymity: Prolegomena to an Ankhoral Religion
John D. Caputo

2. The Becoming Possible of the Impossible: An Interview with Jacques Derrida
Mark Dooley

A Game of Jacks: A Response to Derrida
John D. Caputo

3. Reflections on Caputo's Heidegger and Aquinas
W. Norris Clarke, S.J.

Nuptial Realism: A Response to Clarke
John D. Caputo

4. Heidegger's Fall
William J. Richardson, S.J.

The Heart of Concealment: A Response to Richardson
John D. Caputo

5. Khora or God?
Richard Kearney

Abyssus Abyssum Invocat: A Response to Kearney
John D. Caputo

6. A Reading of John D. Caputo's "God and Anonymity"
Lewis Ayres

The Violence of Ontology: A Response to Ayres
John D. Caputo

7. Postmodernism and Ethics: The Case of Caputo
Merold Westphal

"O felix culpa," This Foxy Fellow Felix: A Response to Westphal
John D. Caputo

8. Squaring the Hermeneutic Circle: Caputo as Reader of Foucault
Thomas R. Flynn

Hounding Hermeneutics: A Response to Flynn
John D. Caputo

9. In Praise of Prophesy: Caputo on Rorty
Mark Dooley

Achieving the Impossible—Rorty's Religion: A Response to Dooley
John D. Caputo

10. Faith, Hope, and Love: Radical Hermeneutics as a Pauline Philosophy of Religion
B. Keith Putt

Holding on by Our Teeth: A Response to Putt
John D. Caputo

11. Caputo's Example
Thomas A. Carlson

On Being Left without a Prayer: A Response to Carlson
John D. Caputo

12. The Prayers and Tears of Jacques Derrida: Esoteric Comedy and the Poetics of Obligation
Cleo McNelly Kearns

Not in Tongues, but Tongue in Cheek: A Response to Kearns
John D. Caputo

13. Without Why, Without Whom: Thinking Otherwise with John D. Caputo
Edith Wyschogrod

On Being Attached to Philosophers and Prophets: A Response to Wyschogrod
John D. Caputo

Contributors

Index

Sujets

• Philosophie
• Philosophie du langage
• Philosophie de la religion
• Religion
• Christianisme
• Theology
• Philosophy of religion
• Christianity
• Philosophie de la langue

Informations

• Publié par: State University of New York Press
• Date de parution: 01 février 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780791487020
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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A P ASSION for the I MPOSSIBLE

SUNY series in Theology and Continental Thought Douglas L. Donkel, editor

A P ASSION for the I MPOSSIBLE ❧

JOHN D. CAPUTO IN FOCUS

E D I T E D B Y M A R K D O O L E Y

S T A T E U O FN I V E R S I T Y N E W Y O R K P R E S S

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A passion for the impossible : John D. Caputo in focus / edited by Mark Dooley. p. cm.—(SUNY series in theology and continental thought) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7914-5687-0 (alk. paper)—ISBN 0-7914-5688-9 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Caputo, John D. I. Dooley, Mark. II. Series.

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CONTENTS

Abbreviations Saints and Postmodernism: Introduction 1. God and Anonymity: Prolegomena to an Ankhoral Religion John D. Caputo 2. The Becoming Possible of the Impossible: An Interview with Jacques Derrida Mark Dooley A Games of Jacks: A Response to Derrida John D. Caputo 3. Reflections on Caputo’s Heidegger and Aquinas W. Norris Clarke, S.J. Nuptial Realism: A Response to Clarke John D. Caputo

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Heidegger’s Fall William J. Richardson, S.J. The Heart of Concealment: A Response to Richardson John D. Caputo Khoraor God? Richard Kearney Abyssus Abyssum Invocat: A Response to Kearney John D. Caputo A Reading of John D. Caputo’s “God and Anonymity” Lewis Ayres The Violence of Ontology: A Response to Ayres John D. Caputo

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7. Postmodernism and Ethics: The Case of Caputo Merold Westphal “O felix culpa,” This Foxy Fellow Felix: A Response to Westphal John D. Caputo 8. Squaring the Hermeneutic Circle: Caputo as Reader of Foucault Thomas R. Flynn Hounding Hermeneutics: A Response to Flynn John D. Caputo 9. In Praise of Prophesy: Caputo on Rorty Mark Dooley Achieving the Impossible—Rorty’s Religion: A Response to Dooley John D. Caputo 10. Faith, Hope, and Love: Radical Hermeneutics as a Pauline Philosophy of Religion B. Keith Putt Holding on by Our Teeth: A Response to Putt John D. Caputo 11. Caputo’s Example Thomas A. Carlson On Being Left without a Prayer: A Response to Carlson John D. Caputo 12.The Prayers and Tears of Jacques Derrida: Esoteric Comedy and the Poetics of Obligation Cleo McNelly Kearns Not in Tongues, but Tongue in Cheek: A Response to Kearns John D. Caputo 13. Without Why, Without Whom: Thinking Otherwise with John D. Caputo Edith Wyschogrod On Being Attached to Philosophers and Prophets: A Response to Wyschogrod John D. Caputo Contributors Index

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ABBREVIATIONS

W ORKS OF J OHN D. C APUTO

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The Mystical Element in Heidegger’s Thought, (New York: Ford- ham University Press, 1978). Heidegger and Aquinas: An Essay in Overcoming Metaphysics, (New York: Fordham University Press, 1982). Radical Hermeneutics, (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1987). Against Ethics, (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1993). Demythologizing Heidegger, (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1993). Deconstruction in a Nutshell, (New York: Fordham University Press, 1997). The Prayers and Tears of Jacques Derrida, (Bloomington: Indi- ana University Press, 1997). More Radical Hermeneutics: On Not Knowing Who We Are, (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2000).

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Aporias. Trans. Thomas Dutoit. (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1993). Cinders. Trans. Ned Luckacher. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1991). Circumfession: Fiftynine Periods and Periphrases. In Geoffrey Bennington and Jacques Derrida,Jacques Derrida. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993).

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