Noli Me Tangere
Nancy, Jean-Luc; Brault, Pascale-Anne; Naas, Michael
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Description for Noli Me Tangere
Hardback. Provides an account of the author's ideas about God. Translator(s): Clift, Sarah. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 128 pages, 8 b&w illus. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3233 x 5193 x 14. Weight in Grams: 239.
Christian parables have retained their force well beyond the sphere of religion; indeed, they share with much of modern literature their status as a form of address: “Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.” There is no message without there first being—or, more subtly, without there also being in the message itself—an address to a capacity or an aptitude for listening. This is not an exhortation of the kind “Pay attention!” Rather, it is a warning: if you do not understand, the message will go away.
The scene in the Gospel of John in which the newly risen ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Series
Perspectives in Continental Philosophy
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780823228898
SKU
V9780823228898
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About Nancy, Jean-Luc; Brault, Pascale-Anne; Naas, Michael
Jean-Luc Nancy (1940–2021) was Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Université de Strasbourg and one of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century’s foremost thinkers of politics, art, and the body. His wide-ranging thought runs through many books, including Being Singular Plural, The Ground of the Image, Corpus, The Disavowed Community, and Sexistence. His book The Intruder was adapted into ... Read more
Reviews for Noli Me Tangere
"Translation of writings by the French philosopher on Christianity." -The Chronicle of Higher Education "This collection presents some of Nancy's best thinking on the matter of Christianity and religion, from wide-ranging speculation in a give -and-take with 'the public' to the incisive title essay focused on a charged encounter between Jesus and Mary Magdalene. This latter is a particularly bold ... Read more