A Passion for the Impossible
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A Passion for the Impossible

John D. Caputo in Focus

  1. 348 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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A Passion for the Impossible

John D. Caputo in Focus

About this book

Distinguished philosophers, theologians, and cultural critics provide the first critical consideration of the work of philosopher John D. Caputo. Responses from Caputo are included.

Presenting the first systematic appraisal of the thought of John D. Caputo, one of America's most respected and controversial continental thinkers, this book brings together internationally renowned philosophers, theologians, and cultural critics. One highlight of the work is an interview with Jacques Derrida in which Derrida talks candidly about his reaction to Caputo's writings and spells out the implications for religion and the question of God after deconstruction. Caputo responds to the concerns expressed by his interlocutors in the same humorous, erudite, and challenging spirit for which he is known. The result is a lively and stimulating debate, covering themes in the philosophy of religion, deconstruction, political philosophy, feminism, and hermeneutics, as well as issues surrounding the work of Aquinas, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Heidegger, Foucault, Derrida, and Rorty.

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Table of contents

  1. A PASSION for the IMPOSSIBLE
  2. CONTENTS
  3. ABBREVIATIONS
  4. SAINTS AND POSTMODERNISM: INTRODUCTION
  5. 1. GOD AND ANONYMITY: PROLEGOMENA TO AN ANKHORAL RELIGION by JOHN D. CAPUTO
  6. 2. THE BECOMING POSSIBLE OF THE IMPOSSIBLE: AN INTERVIEW WITH JACQUES DERRIDA by MARK DOOLEY
  7. 3. REFLECTIONS ON CAPUTO’S HEIDEGGER AND AQUINAS by W. NORRIS CLARKE, S.J.
  8. 4. HEIDEGGER’S FALL by WILLIAM J. RICHARDSON, S.J.
  9. 5. KHORA OR GOD? by RICHARD KEARNEY
  10. 6. A READING OF JOHN D. CAPUTO’S “GOD AND ANONYMITY” by LEWIS AYRES
  11. 7. POSTMODERNISM AND ETHICS: THE CASE OF CAPUTO by MEROLD WESTPHAL
  12. 8. SQUARING THE HERMENEUTIC CIRCLE: CAPUTO AS READER OF FOUCAULT by THOMAS R. FLYNN
  13. 9. IN PRAISE OF PROPHESY: CAPUTO ON RORTY by MARK DOOLEY
  14. 10. FAITH, HOPE, AND LOVE: RADICAL HERMENEUTICS AS A PAULINE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION by B. KEITH PUTT
  15. 11. CAPUTO’S EXAMPLE by THOMAS A. CARLSON
  16. 12. THE PRAYERS AND TEARS OF JACQUES DERRIDA: ESOTERIC COMEDY AND THE POETICS OF OBLIGATION by CLEO MCNELLY KEARNS
  17. 13. WITHOUT WHY, WITHOUT WHOM: THINKING OTHERWISE WITH JOHN D. CAPUTO by EDITH WYSCHOGROD
  18. CONTRIBUTORS
  19. INDEX