The Essential Caputo

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This landmark collection features selected writings by John D. Caputo, one of the most creative and influential thinkers working in the philosophy of religion today. B Keith Putt presents 21 of Caputo's most significant contributions from his distinguished 40-year career. Putt's thoughtful editing and arrangement highlights how Caputo's multidimensional thought has evolved from radical hermeneutics to radical theology. A guiding introduction situates Caputo's corpus within the context of debates in the Continental philosophy of religion and exclusive interview with him adds valuable information about his own views of his work.

Acknowledgments

Part One. Radical Hermeneutics: Reflections
1. The Repetition of Sacred Anarchy: Risking a Reading of Radical Hermeneutics / B. Keith Putt
2. From Sacred Anarchy to Political Theology: An Interview with John D. Caputo / Clayton Crockett
3. The Becoming Possible of the Impossible: An Interview with Jacques Derrida / Mark Dooley

Part Two. Radical Hermeneutics: Selections
1 Pious Hermeneutics: From Aquinas to Heidegger
4. Meister Eckhart and the Later Heidegger: The Mystical Element in Heidegger's Thought, Part One
5. Meister Eckhart and the Later Heidegger: The Mystical Element in Heidegger's Thought,
Part Two
6. Heidegger's "Dif-ference" and the Distinction Between Esse and Ens in St. Thomas
7. Demythologizing Heidegger: Alētheia and the History of Being

2 Cold Hermeneutics: From Phenomenology to Deconstruction
8. Hermeneutics as the Recovery of Man
9. Heidegger and Derrida: Cold Hermeneutics
10. On Not Knowing Who We Are: Madness, Hermeneutics, and the Night of Truth in Foucault
11. Beyond Aestheticism: Derrida's Responsible Anarchy
12. On Not Circumventing the/Quasi-Transcendental: The Case of Rorty and Derrida

3 Devilish Hermeneutics: From Augustine to Derrida
13. Shedding Tears Beyond Being: Derrida's Confession of Prayer
14. The Good News About Alterity: Derrida and Theology
15. The Gift
16. Toward a Postmodern Theology of the Cross: Augustine, Heidegger, Derrida
17. Jacques Derrida (1930-2004)

4 Impossible Hermeneutics: From Sacred Anarchy to Radical Theology
18. Sacred Anarchy: Fragments of a Postmodern Ethics
19. In Search of a Sacred Anarchy: An Experiment in Danish Deconstruction
20. The Experience of God and the Axiology of the Impossible
21. Without Sovereignty, Without Being: Unconditionality, the Coming God, and Derrida's Democracy to Come
22. "Lazarus, Come Out": Rebirth and Resurrection
23. A Prayer for the Impossible: A Catechumen's Guide to Deconstruction
24. God, Perhaps: The Fear of One Small Word

Index

Sujets

• Philosophie
• Philosophie de la religion
• Religious
• PHILOSOPHY
• Philosophie et théologie
• Philosophy of religion

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• Publié par: Indiana University Press
• Date de parution: 10 février 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780253032232
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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THE ESSENTIAL CAPUTO
THE ESSENTIAL CAPUTO
Selected Writings
EDITED BY B. KEITH PUTT
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Names: Caputo, John D., author. | Putt, B. Keith, editor.
Title: The essential Caputo : selected writings / edited by B. Keith Putt.
Description: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017044491 (print) | LCCN 2017048242 (ebook) | ISBN 9780253032232 (ebook) | ISBN 9780253032225 (hardcover : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780253032218 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Philosophy, American-20th century. | Philosophy, American-21st century. | Religion-Philosophy.
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CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Part One. Radical Hermeneutics: Reflections
1. The Repetition of Sacred Anarchy: Risking a Reading of Radical Hermeneutics B. Keith Putt
2. From Sacred Anarchy to Political Theology: An Interview with John D. Caputo Clayton Crockett
3. The Becoming Possible of the Impossible: An Interview with Jacques Derrida Mark Dooley
Part Two. Radical Hermeneutics: Selections
1 Pious Hermeneutics: From Aquinas to Heidegger
4. Meister Eckhart and the Later Heidegger: The Mystical Element in Heidegger s Thought, Part One
5. Meister Eckhart and the Later Heidegger: The Mystical Element in Heidegger s Thought, Part Two
6. Heidegger s Dif-ference and the Distinction between Esse and Ens in St. Thomas
7. Demythologizing Heidegger: Al theia and the History of Being
2 Cold Hermeneutics: From Phenomenology to Deconstruction
8. Hermeneutics as the Recovery of Man
9. Heidegger and Derrida: Cold Hermeneutics
10. On Not Knowing Who We Are: Madness, Hermeneutics, and the Night of Truth in Foucault
11. Beyond Aestheticism: Derrida s Responsible Anarchy
12. On Not Circumventing the Quasi-Transcendental: The Case of Rorty and Derrida
3 Devilish Hermeneutics: From Augustine to Derrida
13. Shedding Tears beyond Being: Derrida s Confession of Prayer
14. The Good News about Alterity: Derrida and Theology
15. The Time of Giving and Forgiving/Edifying Divertissement No. 3
16. Toward a Postmodern Theology of the Cross: Augustine, Heidegger, Derrida
17. Jacques Derrida (1930-2004)
4 Impossible Hermeneutics: From Sacred Anarchy to Radical Theology
18. Sacred Anarchy: Fragments of a Postmodern Ethics
19. In Search of a Sacred Anarchy: An Experiment in Danish Deconstruction
20. The Experience of God and the Axiology of the Impossible
21. Without Sovereignty, Without Being: Unconditionality, the Coming God, and Derrida s Democracy to Come
22. Lazarus, Come Out : Rebirth and Resurrection
23. A Prayer for the Impossible: A Catechumen s Guide to Deconstruction
24. God, Perhaps: The Fear of One Small Word
INDEX
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Joseph Shipley traces the genealogy of acknowledgment back to the Indo-European root gn, which means both to know and to beget. That explains why words such as recognize and generate derive from that exact same root. This dual etymology seems quite appropriate in the context of acknowledging the persons and organizations that have had dominant influences on the genesis of this Caputo reader. It does appear that professional courtesy would dictate that I recognize the people who genuinely contributed as sine quibus non to the birth of this project, those without whose support, insight, hard work, and official approval I could never have generated this bibliographical celebration of John D. Caputo s extensive scholarship.
Not surprisingly, my first expression of gratitude goes to Jack Caputo himself. As I note in my introductory chapter, for over a quarter of a century, Jack has been an esteemed and admired friend and a compelling and provocative intellectual influence; therefore, I thank him generally for the profound personal and professional impact he continues to have on who I am and what I do. More specifically, however, I want to thank him for allowing me to edit this reader. When Creston Davis, who has the distinction of being the original source of the idea of a Caputo reader, first asked Jack whom he would prefer to be the editor of such a text, he gave Creston my name. Consequently, had it not been for Jack s confidence that I could actually complete this project, my name would not be on the cover! I most definitely appreciate that confidence.
Next I want to recognize the contributions made by the excellent Indiana University Press editorial staff. First, Paige Rasmussen, assistant acquisitions editor, has done a superb job of handling all of the logistics involved in the submission process. She has kept me basically on schedule and always well-informed of the next step. Second, Julia Turner did an outstanding job copyediting the manuscript. She certainly ensured a more clean and readable volume. Last, but certainly not least, Dee Mortensen, editorial director, has made the entire publishing process far less painful and far more enjoyable just by contributing to it her professionalism, her creativity, and her insights. She is a good friend and, fortunately for me, a wise one.
The work of actually compiling the reader would not have been as successful had it not been for three other important people. I am certainly indebted to Mary Kate Young, my teaching assistant at Samford University, for her dependable and dedicated work on transferring all of the Caputo readings into PDF format. If she turns out to be as good a nurse as she was a readings copier, her patients will be extremely healthy! I also want to thank my other teaching assistant, Malee Galloway, for her excellent help in generating the volume s index. She kindly reassured me that the task was not the most tedious work she has ever done!
My deepest gratitude goes to my sweet wife, Dr. Sharon Putt, whom I genuinely adore. She put her own writing project aside for several weeks in order to help me do a close edit of the twenty-two essays that compose this reader. Had she not done so, I would most likely still be editing the chapters. I also want to thank her for her consistent but gentle nagging, always reminding me that I needed to stay at the computer and quit binge-watching Netflix.
Finally, I want to acknowledge the following publishers who graciously granted copyright permission to reprint the selections that compose this reader. Obviously, without their approval, this project would have been stillborn:
Chapter 3 The Becoming Possible of the Impossible: An Interview with Jacques Derrida, in A Passion for the Impossible: John D. Caputo in Focus , ed. Mark Dooley, 21-33 (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2003). [ 2003 State University of New York. All rights reserved.]
Chapter 4 Meister Eckhart and the Later Heidegger, Part I, Journal of the History of Philosophy 12 (1974): 479-94. [ 1974 Journal of the History of Philosophy, Inc. Reprinted with permission of Johns Hopkins University Press.]
Chapter 5 Meister Eckhart and the Later Heidegger, Part II, Journal of the History of Philosophy 13 (1975): 61-80. [ 1974 Journal of the History of Philosophy, Inc. Reprinted with permission of Johns Hopkins University Press.]
Chapter 6 Heidegger s Dif-ference and the Esse/Ens Distinction in St. Thomas International Philosophical Quarterly 20 (1980): 161-81.
Chapter 7 Demythologizing Heidegger: Al theia and the History of Being, Review of Metaphysics 41 (March 1988): 519-46.
Chapter 8 Hermeneutics as the Recovery of Man Man and World 15 (1982): 343-67. [With permission of Springer.]
Chapter 9 Cold Hermeneutics: Heidegger and Derrida Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology 17 (1986): 252-74.
Chapter 10 On Not Knowing Who We Are: Madness, Hermeneutics and the Night of Truth in Foucault, in John D. Caputo, More Radical Hermeneutics: On Not Knowing Who We Are , 17-40 (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2000).
Chapter 11 Beyond Aestheticism: Derrida s Responsible Anarchy, Research in Phenomenology 18 (1988): 59-73.
Chapter 12 On Not Circumventing the Quasi-Transcendental: The Case of Derrida and Rorty, in Working Through Derrida , ed. Gary Madison, 147-69 (Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1993).
Chapter 13 Shedding Tears beyond Being: Derrida s Confession of Prayer, in Augustine and Postmodernism: Confessions and Circumfession , eds. John D. Caputo and Michael J. Scanlon, 95-114 (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2005).
Chapter 14 The Good News about Alterity: Derrida and Theology, Faith and Philosophy 10 (1993): 453-70.
Chapter 15 The Time of Giving and Forgiving/Edifying Divertissement No. 3, in John D. Caputo, The Prayers and Tears of Jacques Derrida: Religion without Religion , 160-88 (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1997).
Chapter 16 Toward a Postmodern Theology of the Cross: Heidegger, Augustine, Derrida, in Postmodern Philosophy and Christian Faith , ed. Merold Westphal, 202-25 (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1999).
Chapter 17 Jacques Derrida (1930-2004), Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory 6 (December 2004): 6-9