Words Fail: Theology, Poetry, and the Challenge of Representation

By Colby Dickinson

Book Overview

There has been much philosophical speculation on the potential failure of language as well as the search for a presentation of the "thing itself" beyond representation. Words Fail pursues the writings of a trio of philosophers--Jacques Derrida, Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, and Giorgio Agamben--as prime examples of how modern poetry presents us with a profitable vantage point from which to survey the ongoing struggle of living in a highly fragmented world.

Alongside these thinkers, this book looks specifically at the form of spirituality that is given shape by this intersection of poetics and theological-philosophical reflection--all of which offer rich suggestions about our spiritual nature.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823272842
• ISBN13: 9780823272846
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"