The Motif of the Messianic

Law, Life, and Writing in Agamben's Reading of Derrida

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, General Christianity, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Philosophy
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Author: Arthur Willemse ISBN: 9781498544122
Publisher: Lexington Books Publication: December 13, 2017
Imprint: Lexington Books Language: English
Author: Arthur Willemse
ISBN: 9781498544122
Publisher: Lexington Books
Publication: December 13, 2017
Imprint: Lexington Books
Language: English

The Motif of the Messianic is the first sustained commentary on Giorgio Agamben’s use of the messianic, with a view of his polemical relationship to Jacques Derrida. Arthur Willemse explains Agamben’s move beyond Derrida by way of his critical intervention in the Aristotelian concept of potentiality and the ensuing transformation of the role of theology and theist assumptions within philosophy. Willemse argues that it is not the case that Agamben announces the redundancy of theology, but instead he revitalizes it by changing its focus from the realm of the sacred toward the realm of the profane.

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The Motif of the Messianic is the first sustained commentary on Giorgio Agamben’s use of the messianic, with a view of his polemical relationship to Jacques Derrida. Arthur Willemse explains Agamben’s move beyond Derrida by way of his critical intervention in the Aristotelian concept of potentiality and the ensuing transformation of the role of theology and theist assumptions within philosophy. Willemse argues that it is not the case that Agamben announces the redundancy of theology, but instead he revitalizes it by changing its focus from the realm of the sacred toward the realm of the profane.

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