[Martin Hagglund]Radical Atheism : Derrida and the Time of Life(pdf){Zzzzz}

Radical Atheism presents a profound new reading of the influential French philosopher Jacques Derrida. Against the prevalent notion that there was an ethical or religious "turn" in Derrida's thinking, Hagglund argues that a radical atheism informs Derrida's work from beginning to end. Proceeding from Derrida's insight into the constitution of time, Hagglund demonstrates how Derrida rethinks the condition of identity, ethics, religion, and political emancipation in accordance with the logic of radical atheism. Hagglund challenges other major interpreters of Derrida's work and offers a compelling account of Derrida's thinking on life and death, good and evil, self and other. Furthermore, Hagglund does not only explicate Derrida's position but also develops his arguments, fortifies his logic, and pursues its implications. The result is a groundbreaking deconstruction of the perennial philosophical themes of time and desire as well as pressing contemporary issues of sovereignty and democracy.

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Review
"Radical Atheism is a masterful perfomance, and one cannot help but be convinced in the end. Hagglund carves out a way of reading and interpreting Derrida - all of Derrida, from early to late works - that every reader of Derrida will have to reckon with." - Michael Naas, DePaul University"
About the Author
Martin Hagglund is a Sage Fellow in Comparative Literature at Cornell University. He is the author of Chronophobia: Essays on Time and Finitude, which was published in Swedish in 2002.

Publisher: Stanford University Press (3 September 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 080470077X
ISBN-13: 978-0804700771