Beschreibung
The book analyses a mode of apophasis in contemporary theoretical discourse. It explores the relationship between negative theology and Jacques Derrida’s textual practice, as well as the similarities between apophasis and the trope of transgression in the works of Maurice Blanchot, George Bataille or Michel Foucault.
Autorenportrait
Agata Wilczek is a research and teaching assistant at the Institute of English Cultures and Literatures at the University of Silesia (Poland). Her research interests focus on contemporary philosophy, postsecularism and Christian mysticism.
Inhalt
Contents: Apophatic discourse – Transgression – Contemporary French Philosophy – Postsecularism – Theological turn – Religious readings of deconstruction – Deconstruction and negative theology – Mode of dialogue – Silence – Linguistic turn of transgression – The step not/beyond – Transgression and transcendence.
