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Crossing the Rubicon: The Borderlands of Philosophy and Theology
Emmanuel Falque
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Paperback. Originally published: Brussels: Editions Lessius, 2013. Translator(s): Shank, Reuben. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 243 x 25. Weight in Grams: 318.
In France today, philosophy—phenomenology in particular—finds itself in a paradoxical relation to theology. Some debate a “theological turn.” Others disavow theological arguments as if such arguments would tarnish their philosophical integrity, while nevertheless carrying out theology in other venues. In Crossing the Rubicon, Emmanuel Falque seeks to end this face-off. Convinced that “the more one theologizes, the better one philosophizes,” he proposes a counterblow by theology against phenomenology. Instead of another philosophy of “the threshold” or “the leap”—and through a retrospective and forward-looking examination of his own method—he argues that an encounter between the two disciplines will reveal their mutual ... Read more
In France today, philosophy—phenomenology in particular—finds itself in a paradoxical relation to theology. Some debate a “theological turn.” Others disavow theological arguments as if such arguments would tarnish their philosophical integrity, while nevertheless carrying out theology in other venues. In Crossing the Rubicon, Emmanuel Falque seeks to end this face-off. Convinced that “the more one theologizes, the better one philosophizes,” he proposes a counterblow by theology against phenomenology. Instead of another philosophy of “the threshold” or “the leap”—and through a retrospective and forward-looking examination of his own method—he argues that an encounter between the two disciplines will reveal their mutual ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Condition
New
Series
Perspectives in Continental Philosophy
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780823269884
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V9780823269884
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About Emmanuel Falque
Emmanuel Falque is Honorary Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy at the Catholic University of Paris. His most recent book in English is The Wedding Feast of the Lamb: Eros, the Body, and the Eucharist.
Reviews for Crossing the Rubicon: The Borderlands of Philosophy and Theology
"Crossing the Rubicon is Emmanuel Falque's Discourse on Method: a pungent and polemic treatise on why we become better philosophers when we also do theology. Should we 'cross the Rubicon' and so trouble the distinction between philosophy and theology? Of course, Falque tells us! We have everything to gain, including something of great interest: a hermeneutic of the body and ... Read more