{"product_id":"god-and-the-other-ethics-and-politics-after-the-theological-turn-paperback-softback-9780253222848","title":"God and the Other; Ethics and Politics After the Theological Turn (Paperback \/ softback) 9780253222848","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGod and the Other\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEthics and Politics After the Theological Turn\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJ. Aaron Simmons (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253222848\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 12 April 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e392 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.9 cm, 0.522 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book is an encouraging sign about new directions in Continental philosophy—and Continental philosophy of religion more specifically. Like Nick Trakakis in The End of Philosophy of Religion (2008), Simmons (Furman Univ.) bridges the lamentable gap between 'analytic' discussions (which are the mainstream in North American philosophy) and voices in the Continental tradition (particularly French thinkers Emmanuel Levinas, Jacques Derrida, and Jean-Luc Marion, but also hearkening back to Kierkegaard). But rather than focusing on issues of epistemology, as so much philosophy of religion does, Simmons configures this conversation around ethics and politics. One need not affirm all of Simmons's conclusions to nonetheless receive this book as an important exercise that advances the conversation. His is a model to be emulated. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-level undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers\/faculty. —Choice\"—J. K. A. Smith, Calvin College, April 2012\u003cbr\u003e \"This first book by . . . a Furman University philosopher is a bold and impressive foray into the chasm that has distanced the analytic and continental traditions of philosophy over the last two generations. . . . God and the Other forcefully registers the emergence of Simmons as one of a number of new voices in philosophy of religion on the present horizon.\"—\u003ci\u003eReligious Studies Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"We do not have many good examples of how continental and analytic philosopher can engage one another in a shared conversation . . . [Simmons] uses the analytic philosophers to state problems or to clarify options, and he then develops an analysis of the continental figures in order to show how the basic framework of the problem or puzzle needs to be revised or altered.\"—\u003ci\u003eIntnl Jrnl Philosophy of Religion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"This book convincingly argues from epistemological, ethical, ontological, and political angles that the theological turn of new phenomenology might inform contemporary ethics and politics—not despite its 'God talk,' but because of it . . . . The book is an invaluable resource for those sorting through the theological turn and for those who hear the call of the Other.\"—\u003ci\u003eSophia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"This book is recommended not only to those with interests in new phenomenology but also to anyone interested in the ongoing debate and discussion on what relationship, if any, religion should have in the public sphere.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Religion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"This book is an encouraging sign about new directions in Continental philosophy—and Continental philosophy of religion more specifically. . . . Recommended.\"—\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"J. Aaron Simmons has firm command not only of recent work on Levinas and Kierkegaard, but also of a wide range of alternatives in analytic philosophy of religion and political philosophy. More than an exercise in analytic-continental bridge building, Simmons moves continental ethics forward and makes it politically worthwhile.\"—John Davenport, \u003ci\u003eFordham University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Debates within so-called \"continental philosophy\" and \"analytic philosophy\" are far closer to each other than most on either \"side\" realize. By boldly crossing the continental\/analytic divide, J. Aaron Simmons convincingly argues that engagement between the two is not only possible, but necessary. God and the Other is a significant step forward.\"—Bruce Ellis Benson, \u003ci\u003eWheaton College\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Combines solid research with thoughtful consideration of the issues, and opens up genuinely creative and integrative thinking. . . . Informative, challenging, and provocative.\"—Jeffrey Dudiak, \u003ci\u003eKings University College, Edmonton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe theological turn in French phenomenology has been of great interest to scholars working in contemporary continental thought, but according to J. Aaron Simmons, not enough has been done to bring these debates into conversation with more mainstream philosophy. Building on the work of Kierkegaard, Levinas, Marion, and Derrida, among others, Simmons suggests how continental philosophy of religion can intersect with political philosophy, environmental philosophy, and theories of knowledge. By productively engaging philosophical \"God-talk,\" Simmons proposes a robust model of postmodern religious belief and ethical existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e List of Abbreviations for Kierkegaard and Levinas Texts\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: God . . . Again—Again . . . God\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Problem: Richard Rorty's Critique of Emmanuel Levinas—or, Why Continental Ethics and Philosophy of Religion Face Political Challenges\u003cbr\u003e Part 1. A Question of Priority—Levinas and Kierkegaard\u003cbr\u003e 2. Hearing Divine Commands and Responding to the Call of the Other: A Reading of Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling\u003cbr\u003e 3. Bi-directional Relationality: Levinasian Readings of the Akedah and the (Dynamic) Ethical in Kierkegaard\u003cbr\u003e 4. An Ontology of Constitutive Responsibility: Kierkegaardian \"Transparency\" and Levinasian \"Exposure\"\u003cbr\u003e 5. Levinasian Subjectivity and Political Critique\u003cbr\u003e Part 2. Obligation and Transcendence in New Phenomenology\u003cbr\u003e 6. Mapping Twists and \"Turns\": An Introduction to the Current Debate and Suggestions for Moving Forward\u003cbr\u003e 7. Reconstructive Separatism: On Phenomenology and Theology\u003cbr\u003e 8. Is Continental Philosophy Just Catholicism for Atheists? Critique and Kenosis\u003cbr\u003e Part 3. Intersections and Applications\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Religious: Maintaining the Paradox—Wittgenstein and Kierkegaard on Postmodern Christianity\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Political: Politics as an Ethico-religious Task—Reconsidering Religion in the Public Square\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Epistemological: Between Trust and Hope—Justification in a Deconstructive Democracy\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Ethical: Expansive Relationality—Levinas, Community, and Climate Change\u003cbr\u003e 13. The Ethico-Political: Following Postmodern Exemplars\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52526019412248,"sku":"9780253222848","price":21.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/god-and-the-other-ethics-and-politics-after-the-theological-turn-paperback-softback-9780253222848","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}