Lessons in secular criticism

by Gourgouris, Stathis

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Secular criticism is a term invented by Edward Said to denote not a theory but a practice that counters the tendency of much modern thinking to reach for a transcendentalist comfort zone, the very space philosophy wrested away from religion in the name of modernity. Using this notion as a compass, this book reconfigures recent secularism debates on an entirely different basis, by showing (1) how the secular imagination is closely linked to society's radical poiesis, its capacity to imagine and …

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  • Full title :Lessons in secular criticism / Stathis Gourgouris.

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Secular criticism is a term invented by Edward Said to denote not a theory but a practice that counters the tendency of much modern thinking to reach for a transcendentalist comfort zone, the very space philosophy wrested away from religion in the name of modernity. Using this notion as a compass, this book reconfigures recent secularism debates on an entirely different basis, by showing (1) how the secular imagination is closely linked to society's radical poiesis, its capacity to imagine and create unprecedented forms of worldly existence; and (2) how the space of the secular animates the de.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2013.
  • Edition:1st ed

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Titre de l'écran-titre (visionné le 24 févr. 2015).

TRAITEMENT SOMMAIRE.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 ressource en ligne (xxvi, 186 p.).

Edition Identifiers

  • oclc:ocn904301062
  • LC Classification:PN49
  • Dewey Decimal:809/.93382

Table of Contents

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. The Poiein of Secular Criticism; 2. Detranscendentalizing the Secular; 3. Why I Am Not a Post-secularist; 4. Confronting Heteronomy; 5. The Void Occupied Unconcealed; 6. Responding to the Deregulation of the Political; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z.

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Subjects

Criticism Critique Literature -- Philosophy Livres électroniques Religion and literature Religion et littérature Secularism in literature

Writers

Gourgouris, Stathis

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