Overview

This landmark collection features selected writings by John D. Caputo, one of the most creative and influential thinkers working in the philosophy of religion today. B Keith Putt presents 21 of Caputo's most significant contributions from his distinguished 40-year career. Putt's thoughtful editing and arrangement highlights how Caputo's multidimensional thought has evolved from radical hermeneutics to radical theology. A guiding introduction situates Caputo's corpus within the context of debates in the Continental philosophy of religion and exclusive interview with him adds valuable information about his own views of his work.

Full Product Details

Author:   B. Keith Putt
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
ISBN:  

9780253032218

ISBN 10:   0253032210
Pages:   426
Publication Date:   10 February 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Table of Contents

"Acknowledgments Part One. Radical Hermeneutics: Reflections 1. The Repetition of Sacred Anarchy: Risking a Reading of Radical Hermeneutics / B. Keith Putt 2. From Sacred Anarchy to Political Theology: An Interview with John D. Caputo / Clayton Crockett 3. The Becoming Possible of the Impossible: An Interview with Jacques Derrida / Mark Dooley Part Two. Radical Hermeneutics: Selections 1 Pious Hermeneutics: From Aquinas to Heidegger 4. Meister Eckhart and the Later Heidegger: The Mystical Element in Heidegger's Thought, Part One 5. Meister Eckhart and the Later Heidegger: The Mystical Element in Heidegger's Thought, Part Two 6. Heidegger's ""Dif-ference"" and the Distinction Between Esse and Ens in St. Thomas 7. Demythologizing Heidegger: Alētheia and the History of Being 2 Cold Hermeneutics: From Phenomenology to Deconstruction 8. Hermeneutics as the Recovery of Man 9. Heidegger and Derrida: Cold Hermeneutics 10. On Not Knowing Who We Are: Madness, Hermeneutics, and the Night of Truth in Foucault 11. Beyond Aestheticism: Derrida's Responsible Anarchy 12. On Not Circumventing the/Quasi-Transcendental: The Case of Rorty and Derrida 3 Devilish Hermeneutics: From Augustine to Derrida 13. Shedding Tears Beyond Being: Derrida's Confession of Prayer 14. The Good News About Alterity: Derrida and Theology 15. The Gift 16. Toward a Postmodern Theology of the Cross: Augustine, Heidegger, Derrida 17. Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) 4 Impossible Hermeneutics: From Sacred Anarchy to Radical Theology 18. Sacred Anarchy: Fragments of a Postmodern Ethics 19. In Search of a Sacred Anarchy: An Experiment in Danish Deconstruction 20. The Experience of God and the Axiology of the Impossible 21. Without Sovereignty, Without Being: Unconditionality, the Coming God, and Derrida's Democracy to Come 22. ""Lazarus, Come Out"": Rebirth and Resurrection 23. A Prayer for the Impossible: A Catechumen's Guide to Deconstruction 24. God, Perhaps: The Fear of One Small Word Index"

Reviews

[Putt's] organization of the material in this Caputo reader, along with his excellent introductory essay, does a very good job of presenting the scope, trajectory and significance of Caputo's work in hermeneutics, ethics, philosophy, and theology. * Reading Religion *

[Putt's] organization of the material in this Caputo reader, along with his excellent introductory essay, does a very good job of presenting the scope, trajectory and significance of Caputo's work in hermeneutics, ethics, philosophy, and theology. * Reading Religion *

Author Information

B. Keith Putt is Professor of Philosophy at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. He is editor (with Clayton Crockett and Jeffrey W. Robbins) of The Future of Continental Philosophy of Religion (IUP). John D. Caputo is Thomas J. Watson Professor Emeritus of Religion and Humanities at Syracuse University and the David R. Cook Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Villanova University. He is author of many books, including The Weakness of God: A Theology of the Event (IUP), The Insistence of God: A Theology of Perhaps (IUP), Hoping Against Hope: Confessions of a Postmodern Pilgrim, and Truth: Philosophy in Transit.

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions