The Trespass of the Sign: Deconstruction, Theology, and Philosophy / Edition 2

by Kevin Hart

Overview

The Trespass of the Sign offers a clear and thorough account of the relations between deconstruction and theology. Kevin Hart argues that, contrary to popular thought on the topic, deconstruction does not have an antitheological agenda. Rather, deconstruction seeks to question the metaphysics of any theology. Hart pays particular attention to mystical theology as nonmetaphysical theology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780823220496
Publisher:	Fordham University Press
Publication date:	01/01/2000
Series:	Perspectives in Continental Philosophy , #13
Edition description:	2
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

KEVIN HART is Edwin B. Kyle Professor of Christian Studies in the Department of ReligiousStudies at the University of Virginia, where he also holds courtesy professorships in theDepartments of English and French.

Table of Contents

Preface;

Part I. Confrontation:

1. Interpretation, signs and God;
2. Deconstruction otherwise;
3. Metaphysics and theology;

Part II. Examination:
4. The status of deconstruction;
5. Questions of scope;

Part III. Dialogue:
6. The economy of mysticism;
7. Kant: mysticism and parerga;
8. Heidegger: the revealing and concealing of mysticism; Bibliography; Index of people; Index of topics.

Editorial Reviews

In this remarkable and often brilliant study, Hart presents an original and compelling case for a structural link between deconstruction and mystical theology, especially between Derrida and medieval theologians such as Pseudo-Dionysius Areopagite, Meister Eckhart and Theresa of Avila.

Relgion and Literature

…While avoiding deconstruction’s obscure jargon, Hart situates his argument within most of the recent secondary literature…

Choice

…a challenging, learned, and troubling book that ought to prompt serious debate…

The Journal of Religion