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Interstices of the Sublime: Theology and Psychoanalytic Theory
Clayton Crockett
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Paperback. The sublime refers to a conflict of the Kantian faculties of reason and imagination, and involves the attempt to represent what is intrinsically unrepresentable. Through topics such as sublimation, schizophrenia, God, and creation ex nihilo, this book contributes to a form of radical theological thinking that is involved in the world. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 15. Weight in Grams: 327.
Interstices of the Sublime represents a powerful theological engagement with psychoanalytic theory in Freud, Lacan, Kristeva and Zizek, as well as major expressions of contemporary Continental philosophy, including Deleuze, Derrida, Marion, and Badiou. Through creative and constructive psycho-theological readings of topics such as sublimation, schizophrenia, God, and creation ex nihilo, this book contributes to a new form of radical theological thinking that is deeply involved in the world. Here the idea of the Kantian sublime is read into Freud and Lacan, and compared with sublimation. The sublime refers to a conflict of the Kantian ... Read more
Interstices of the Sublime represents a powerful theological engagement with psychoanalytic theory in Freud, Lacan, Kristeva and Zizek, as well as major expressions of contemporary Continental philosophy, including Deleuze, Derrida, Marion, and Badiou. Through creative and constructive psycho-theological readings of topics such as sublimation, schizophrenia, God, and creation ex nihilo, this book contributes to a new form of radical theological thinking that is deeply involved in the world. Here the idea of the Kantian sublime is read into Freud and Lacan, and compared with sublimation. The sublime refers to a conflict of the Kantian ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Condition
New
Series
Perspectives in Continental Philosophy
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780823227228
SKU
V9780823227228
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About Clayton Crockett
Clayton Crockett is Professor and Director of Religious Studies at the University of Central Arkansas. He is the author a number of books, including Deleuze Beyond Badiou: Ontology, Multiplicity and Event, Interstices of the Sublime: Theology and Psychoanalytic Theory (Fordham), and, with Ward Blanton, Jeffrey W. Robbins, and Noelle Vahanian, An Insurrectionist Manifesto: Four New Gospels for a Radical Politics. ... Read more
Reviews for Interstices of the Sublime: Theology and Psychoanalytic Theory
An interesting topic, this book would be worth reading along with Twain's 'Autobiography,' Twain's final attempt to reveal his dark side.
-Santa Cruz Sentinel
Crockett's book is much more than an intervention into contemporary theological debates: it is an intervention that will change the very terms of these debates. . . . It articulates a unique position ... Read more
-Santa Cruz Sentinel
Crockett's book is much more than an intervention into contemporary theological debates: it is an intervention that will change the very terms of these debates. . . . It articulates a unique position ... Read more