Kierkegaard and the Refusal of Transcendence

ISBN-13: 9781137386755 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 236 str.

Steven Shakespeare

Opis

Kierkegaard and the Refusal of Transcendence challenges the standard view that Kierkegaard's God is infinitely other than the world. It argues that his work immerses us in the paradoxical nature of existence itself, and opposes any flight into another world. Shakespeare shows that Kierkegaard's texts cannot be contained within an orthodox Christian framework. In a daring series of readings, we find the paradox figured in ways which refuse the judgment of heaven, struggle against the established order and stand with the suffering victim. Engaging with thinkers from Butler to Deleuze to Laruelle, Shakespeare concludes that Kierkegaard offers us a truly dynamic ethics of immanence.

Recenzje

"This is the latest addition to the Radical Theologies series, which 'is dedicated to redefining the very terms of theology as a concept and practice'. ... Shakespeare offers us a more demanding but positive insight into how such an iconic theologian can be creatively filtered through the prism of 'radical theology'." (Dr. John Saxbee, Church Times, June, 2016)

Spis treści

Introduction
1. Kierkegaard and the Limit of Analogy
2. Distinctions: Marks of the Paradox
3. The Paradox is Not One: Transfiguring Transcendence
4. Monstrance: Articulating the Paradox
5. Silhouettes: Figuring the Immanent Paradox
6. Satan's Angel: The Interruption of the Demonic
7. Kierkegaard, Spinoza and the Intellectual Love of God
Conclusion: Theology for Creatures

O autorze

Steven Shakespeare is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Theology, Philosophy and Religious Studies Department at Liverpool Hope University, UK