Religion and Violence: Philosophical Perspectives from Kant to Derrida
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"One cannot but be impressed by the acumen and erudition of Hent de Vries' Religion and Violence, which is a very fine addition to contemporary continental European philosophy of religion... It is a book well worth reading." -- Brian Schroeder, Ars Disputandi
"Religion and Violence continues de Vries's reexamination of the place of philosophical theology and the philosophy of religion in the major texts of continental philosophy. Both subjects are transformed as de Vries meticulously unpacks the major texts of the post-Kantian philosophical tradition, unfolding in effect a new history of the afterlife of theology." -- Choice
"A rich text with many insightful readings... Hent de Vries is an excellent philosopher and scholar." -- Lasse Thomassen, Philosophy in Review/Comptes rendus philosophiques
"Demonstrates with rich erudition how the Derridian programmatic can shed light on the 'religious' dimension of philosophical and ethical strategies that seek to address violence." -- Thomas E. Reynolds, Journal of Religion
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"Here Hent de Vries deals with some of the most difficult authors -- Kant, Kierkegaard, Benjamin, Levinas, and -- throughout -- Jacques Derrida, as well as with some of the most difficult issues in philosophy (not to say in political and personal life) there are, and the result is a rich, rewarding, and extremely important book." -- Hilary Putnam, Harvard University
"Hent de Vries counters the reductions of ethics to morality (and to moralism) by offering a capacious understanding of error as essential to the ethical turn. This book reverberates with intellectual complexity and intensity." -- Judith Butler, University of California, Berkeley
"With outstanding skill and remarkable insight, de Vries interrogates a range of texts from Kant to Derrida and challenges us to rethink the received picture of 'the secular Enlightenment.'." -- Talal Asad, City University of New York Graduate Center
Religion and Violence: Philosophical Perspectives from Kant to Derrida
Religion and Violence: Philosophical Perspectives from Kant to Derrida,Hent de Vries,The Johns Hopkins University Press,0801867681,Christianity - Christian Life - General,Ethics,General,Philosophy,Philosophy and religion,Psychology,Religion - Christian Life,Religious aspects,Violence
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