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Theology after Lacan : the passion for the real /
The central thesis of this book is that theology in the wake of Lacanian psychoanalysis is devoid of the ""the big Other"", i.e., a guarantee that a system of belief is forever secured by a master-signifier around which all meaning takes its place. Indeed, this book reverses this...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
James Clarke,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The central thesis of this book is that theology in the wake of Lacanian psychoanalysis is devoid of the ""the big Other"", i.e., a guarantee that a system of belief is forever secured by a master-signifier around which all meaning takes its place. Indeed, this book reverses this thesis: Only after Lacan can theology mean anything at all. It is precisely by rejecting the idol of God's necessity (deus ex machina) that theology can only make sense in and through the wild untamable flux and fury of an uncontrollable contingency |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780227902806 0227902807 0227174704 9780227174708 9781630875107 1630875104 |