Adoration

The Deconstruction of Christianity II

By (author) Jean-Luc Nancy

Translated by John McKeane

Perspectives in Continental Philosophy

Published: 2012

ISBN: 9780823242955

Page Count: 136

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Description: This second volume in Nancy’s The Deconstruction of Christianity explores the stance or bearing that would be appropriate for us now, in the wake of the dis-enclosure of religion and the retreat of God: that of adoration.

Adoration is stretched out toward things, but without phenomenological intention. In our present historical time, we have come to see relation itself as the divine. The address and exclamation--the salut!--that constitutes adoration celebrates this relation: both the relation among all beings that the world is and what is beyond relation, the outside of the world that opens us in the midst of the world.

A major contribution to the contemporary philosophy of religion, Adoration clarifies and builds upon not only Dis-Enclosure, the first volume in this project, but also Nancy’s other previous writings on sense, the world, and the singular plurality of being.
Reviews: “Nancy pursues his explorations of Dis-Enclosure: The Deconstruction of Christianity by treating the old and complex Christian ‘legacy’ in an original and stimulating manner, thereby demonstrating a remarkable mastery and erudition in the fields of Christion theology and of the philosophy of religion. But he also takes some important new steps in this trajectory, that will fascinate the reader.”---—Laurens ten Kate, University for Humanistics, University of Utrecht
Details: ISBN-13 9780823242955
Published: 2012-12-03

Trim: 6.000in x 9.000in x 0.000in
Contributors: Translated: John McKeane
John McKeane is Lecturer in Modern French Literature at the University of Reading. He is the translator of Jean-Luc Nancy’s Adoration: the Deconstruction of Christianity II.
By (author) Jean-Luc Nancy
Jean-Luc Nancy (1940–2021) was Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Université Marc Bloch, Strasbourg. His wide-ranging thought runs through many books, including Being Singular Plural, The Ground of the Image, Corpus, The Disavowed Community, and Sexistence. His “The Intruder” was adapted into a film by Claire Denis.