Radical atheism : Derrida and the time of life

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    • Hägglund, Martin

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Radical atheism : Derrida and the time of life

Martin Hägglund

(Meridian : crossing aesthetics / Werner Hamacher & David E. Wellbery, editors)

Stanford University Press, 2008

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-247) and index

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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, Hagglund argues that a radical atheism informs Derrida's work from beginning to end. Proceeding from Derrida's insight into the constitution of time, Hagglund demonstrates how Derrida rethinks the condition of identity, ethics, religion, and political emancipation in accordance with the logic of radical atheism. Hagglund 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, Hagglund 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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@fmct:Contents @toc4:Acknowledgments iii @toc2:Introduction 0 1 Autoimmunity of Time: Derrida and Kant 00 2 Arche-Writing: Derrida and Husserl 00 3 Arche-Violence: Derrida and Levinas 000 4 Autoimmunity of Life: Derrida's Radical Atheism 000 5 Autoimmunity of Democracy: Derrida and Laclau 000 @toc4:Notes 000 Works Cited 000 Index 000

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