William W. Young Iii

The Politics of Praise

Naming God and Friendship in Aquinas and Derrida

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

While the revelation of God's name is a central theological topic, its ethical and political significance are often overlooked. In a world filled with violence committed 'in the name of God', how might invoking God's name enable peace, community, and hope? The Politics of Praise argues that the redemptive potential of naming God lies in how this event transforms friendship. It breaks new ground by tracing the connections between naming God and friendship in the work of Thomas Aquinas and Jacques Derrida. Advancing an innovative reading of Aquinas on the divine names, the book explores how Dionysius' mysticism shapes Aquinas' appropriation of Aristotle's ethics, then retraces how Derrida's reading of religion renders possible an alternative conception of friendship. These explorations lead to a surprising convergence between Aquinas and Derrida on the conditions of friendship.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9781138376014
• ISBN-10: 1138376019
• Artikelnr.: 55103538

Autorenporträt

William W. Young III is Assistant Professor of Humanities at Endicott College, Massachusetts, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction: naming God and friendship
Proper names and the logic of friendship
Names and proofs: modes of signification in Aquinas' Summa Theologiae
Charity, friendship and justice in the Summa Theologiae
The impossibility of naming: on Jacques Derrida
Conclusion: in the name of friendship
Bibliography
Index.