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Author:   Marc De Kesel
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.227kg
ISBN:  

9781438494142

ISBN 10:   1438494149
Pages:   292
Publication Date:   01 August 2023
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Introduction Fénelonian Promenades 1. Love’s Intimate Violence: Selfless Love in Fénelon and Malebranche (and Robespierre) 2. Selfless: Eckhart, Fénelon and the Modern Subject 3. Love Thy Neighbor Purely: Mysticism and Politics in Fénelon 4. Nothing Writes: On Madame Guyon The Mystical (of the) Self 5. The Power to Say I: On Simone Weil 6. Contra‑Religious Religion: The Mystical Experience of a Modern Protestant Minister 7. The Path of Mercy Means Simply that You Abandon Self: On a Novel by Shūsaku Endō 8. As a Drop in the Ocean: Michel de Certeau’s Selfless Christianity Mysticism in a Modern World 9. Down with Religion, Long Live Mysticism: Reflections on Spirituality’s Popularity 10. Selflessly Powerful: On Pseudo‑Dionysius, Agamben, and Lefort 11. Selflessness and Science: On Mysticism, Materialism, and Psychoanalysis Notes Bibliography Index

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"""Effacing the Self examines the paradox and implications of mystical self-effacement for a modern context, bridging disciplinary divides by bringing diverse thinkers into conversation. The contemporary relevance is particularly clear in the way De Kesel considers political implications, at times stating these explicitly and other times simply gesturing toward them. His close attention to the texts—from journals and notebooks to letters and a scene from a novel—is particularly illuminating. De Kesel offers detailed interpretations of crucial passages, clearly demonstrating what is at stake at each turn, and drawing the reader in by articulating key questions throughout his investigation, inviting us to continue to wrestle with the paradox of the mystical self."" — Reading Religion"

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Marc De Kesel is Professor of Theology, Modernity, and Mysticism at Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. He is the author of Eros and Ethics: Reading Jacques Lacan's Seminar VII, also published by SUNY Press.

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