Negative Theology and Modern French Philosophy

by Arthur T. Bradley

Book Overview

This book provides a significant and insightful exploration of the so-called 'theological turn' in contemporary French thought. The philosopher Jacques Derrida speaks of a deeply ambiguous desire to 'save the name' of God in his work on negative theology, and this desire resonates in different ways in the work of his contemporaries. This turn to religion within the work of a group of thinkers who have been stereotypically identified as relativists...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415758777
• ISBN13: 9780415758772
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"