The theological turn of postmodernity: to be alive again

This article discusses the role of religion in the philosophy of Jacques Derrida. The author considers a specifically Christian, affirmative character of deconstruction that is found through the biblical references of Derrida, inspired by his forgotten master Gérard Granel. This line of argument opp...

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Main Author:	Urszula Idziak-Smoczynska
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Donner Institute 2013-07-01
Series:	Approaching Religion
Subjects:	Derrida, Jacques Subjectivity Philosophy and religion Postmodernism Theology Deconstruction (Criticism)
Online Access:	https://journal.fi/ar/article/view/67521

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spelling	doaj-bf2a4f33a1234364820be98d694b5fa42020-11-24T21:50:09ZengDonner InstituteApproaching Religion1799-31212013-07-013110.30664/ar.67521The theological turn of postmodernity: to be alive againUrszula Idziak-Smoczynska0Jagiellonian UniversityThis article discusses the role of religion in the philosophy of Jacques Derrida. The author considers a specifically Christian, affirmative character of deconstruction that is found through the biblical references of Derrida, inspired by his forgotten master Gérard Granel. This line of argument opposes both the presence of Heideggerian death drive in Derrida’s subject and advances the possibility of a genuinely Christian rebellious subject as an answer to the question; who comes after the subject? Derrida’s thought informs us about the affective and weak concept of subjectivity that might be fruitful for the development of new outlines for the social realm of subjectivity. https://journal.fi/ar/article/view/67521Derrida, JacquesSubjectivityPhilosophy and religionPostmodernismTheologyDeconstruction (Criticism)
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description	This article discusses the role of religion in the philosophy of Jacques Derrida. The author considers a specifically Christian, affirmative character of deconstruction that is found through the biblical references of Derrida, inspired by his forgotten master Gérard Granel. This line of argument opposes both the presence of Heideggerian death drive in Derrida’s subject and advances the possibility of a genuinely Christian rebellious subject as an answer to the question; who comes after the subject? Derrida’s thought informs us about the affective and weak concept of subjectivity that might be fruitful for the development of new outlines for the social realm of subjectivity.
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The theological turn of postmodernity: to be alive again

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