Autopsia: Self, Death, and God after Kierkegaard and Derrida

Marius Timmann Mjaaland

Published by De Gruyter 2008

Autopsia

Self, Death, and God after Kierkegaard and Derrida

Marius Timmann Mjaaland
Translated by: Brian McNeil

Volume 17 in the series Kierkegaard Studies. Monograph Series

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110205237

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About this book

Winner of the John Templeton Award for Theological Promise 2009

There are certain things that can be explained and certain things that cannot be explained. This book is about the latter. It is a book about death: how death interrupts and influences the reflection on the self. It is a book about God: a detailed and critical discussion on how Kierkegaard and Derrida apply the concept of God in their philosophical reflections.
The most ground-breaking analysis concerns the famous passage on the self (A.A) in The Sickness unto Death, where the author combines logical, rhetorical and dialectical means to establish a new perspective on Kierkegaard’s thinking in general. The Cartesian doubt then constitutes a common trait for his detailed and rigorous analysis of Derrida and Kierkegaard on death, madness, faith, and rationality – showing how they both seek to break up the Hegelian Aufhebung from within, but still remain dependent on Hegel.
After Kierkegaard and Derrida, the certainty and total uncertainty of death – and of God as infinite other – gives the self a basic, though non-foundational, responsibility. The significance of this responsibility, of this other, of this death, requires sustained and thorough consideration. Where others mark a conclusion, this book therefore marks a point of departure: reflecting on oneself at the graveside of a dead man – thus introducing an Autopsia.

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Marius Timmann Mjaaland, University of Oslo, Norway.

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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	I
Table of Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XI
I. Prolegomena: Discourse on Method Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
II. Secrets of the Self: Derrida on Madness, Death, and God Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
III. Seven Perspectives on Death Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
IV. Alterity and Autopsia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
V. Dialectics of Darkness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
VI. The Thanatology of the Spirit Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
VII. Hidden Ground: Holy Ground Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	295
In the Final Analysis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	337
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	341

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, Institutes, Libraries
Pages
- Front matter: 13
- Main content: 357
Keywords: Death; Self; God; Kierkegaard; Soren; Derrida; Jacques

eBook

Published: August 27, 2008
ISBN: 9783110205237

Hardcover

Published: February 27, 2008
ISBN: 9783110191288