Being different : more Neoplatonism after Derrida /
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Having now benefited from viable editions and studies of many of the most important authors within the Neoplatonic tradition of western philosophy, it is time for us to read these materials more actively in terms of the philosophical developments of the late twentieth century that provide the greatest opportunities for intertextual exploration. The hermeneutical project that beckons was begun in Stephen Gersh's Neoplatonism after Derrida: Parallelograms (Brill, 2006) and is raised to a higher power in his present volume. Here a new course is charted in the reading of such ancient authors as Proclus, Damascius, Augustine, Pseudo-Dionysius, and Meister Eckhart through a critical engagement with the deconstructions of pagan and Christian Neoplatonic texts in the writings of Jacques Derrida.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004261648 :
1871-188X ;
Derrida and Film Studies /
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Derrida and Film Studies views Jacques Derrida's in-depth and meandering ideas within the realm of film. Bringing together audiovisual culture and deconstruction, the book explores the spectral turn of cinema. Seeing the phenomenon of film as impacted by deconstruction and poststructuralism, the essays offer a wide spectrum of perspectives and illustrate the reception of Derrida's thought for a new generation of philosophers of film. Using both well-known and pioneering methodologies, this rich volume is an essential guide for understanding the importance of spectrality, hieroglyphics, writing and difference, and alterity in film.
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1 online resource (281 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004729186
Voyages en Égypte des années 1589, 1590 & 1591 /
: Contains text of Viagio che ò fato l'ano 1589 dal Cairo in Ebrin navigando su per el Nillo, accompanied by French translation; selections from Villamont's Voyages; and selections from J. Somer's Beschrijvinge van een zee landt reyse, naer de Levante. : 324 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
L'égyptologie et les Champollion /
: "Colloque international célébrant le bicentenaire de la naissance de Jean-François Champollion 'De l'Egypte des pharaons à celle de 1990, hommage de Grenoble aux frères Champolloin' (Université Pierre Mendès-France, Grenoble 2, 29 novembre-1er décembre 1990)." : 382 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. : Includes bibliographical references. : 2706105429 : : shimaa
Jacob of Edessa and the Syriac culture of his day /
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Jacob of Edessa (c.640-708) is considered the most learned Christian of the early days of Islam. In all fifteen contributions to this volume, written by prominent specialists, the interaction between Christianity, Judaism, and the new religion is an important issue. The articles discuss Jacob's biography as well as his position in early Islamic Edessa, and give a full picture of the various aspects of Jacob of Edessa's life and work as a scholar and clergyman. Attention is paid to his efforts in the fields of historiography, correspondence, canon law, text and interpretation of the Bible, language and translation, theology, philosophy, and science. The book, which marks the 1300th anniversary of Jacob's death, also contains a bibliographical clavis.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-293) and indexes. :
9789047426936 :
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Calvin's salvation in writing : a confessional academic theology /
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Academic writing is not a neutral medium for conveying truth; its powers and faults must be exposed before theology entrusts its mysteries to the academic text. To that end, William Wright, en route to putting Calvin's Salvation in Writing, institutes a new theological genre, "theography": theology that "confesses" its academic parameters--with both gratitude and repentance. He delineates those parameters by contrasting the philosophical rationales for writing found in Hegel and Derrida. Drawing on their insights into dialectic and difference, Wright sets out Calvin's doctrine of justification and sanctification across a shifting written terrain. Observing Calvin's doctrinal structure thus becomes a path to save academic writing from claiming for itself either too much or too little. Calvin's Salvation in Writing: A Confessional Academic Theology is the philosophically boldest employment of Calvin to date. Through innovatively mining Calvin's theology, William Wright designs a new method of theology that will enliven the field.
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1 online resource (xiv, 332 pages) :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-329) and index. :
9789004292321 :
1571-4799 ; :
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Fichte trifft Darwin, Luhmann und Derrida : Die Bestimmung des Menschen in differenztheoretischer Rekonstruktion und im Kontext der Wissenschaftslehre nova methodo.
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Die vorliegende Arbeit stellt eine neue Lesart von Johann Gottlieb Fichtes populärer Schrift "Die Bestimmung des Menschen" (1800) vor, deren wesentliche Aussagen mit zentralen Thesen zeitgenössischer differenztheoretischer Theorieentwürfe, wie etwa dem erkenntnistheoretischen Konstruktivismus Niklas Luhmanns, der Dekonstruktion Jacques Derridas und - mit Einschränkungen - der modernen Evolutionstheorie in der Folge Charles Darwins, in Beziehung gesetzt und konfrontiert werden. In kritischer sowie affirmativer Auseinandersetzung mit gegenwärtigen Theorieansätzen erweist sich so die Anschluss- und Leistungsfähigkeit sowie die immer währende Aktualität des Fichteschen Denkens. Ein abschließender Rückblick bringt die populärphilosophischen Überlegungen Fichtes mit dessen wissenschaftlichen Ausführungen der 1798/99 vorgetragenen Vorlesungen über die "Wissenschaftslehre nova methodo" in Verbindung und ordnet sie vor deren Hintergrund in die Arbeit Fichtes in Jena von 1794 bis 1799 ein. Auf diese Weise wird schließlich die andauernde Bedeutung der Wissenschaftslehre Fichtes für die Philosophie des 21. Jahrhunderts und darüber hinaus offenbar.
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1 online resource (215 pages) :
9789401207218 :
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