Kierkegaard and Derrida are two of the most influential thinkers of late modernity. Without reducing the difference between philosophy and religion, they both analyze the fundamental questions of human existence: How a human being relates to itself, to death, and to God. In Autopsia, the Norwegian scholar Marius Timmann Mjaaland has analyzed texts by Kierkegaard and Derrida, focusing on their rationality as well as ontheir content. The result is a far-reaching analysis of how philosophy may approach religious topics without reducing their inherent logos to the supposed universality of human reason.
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ISBN
9783119166997
Published
2008-08-27
Publisher
De Gruyter
Age
06, P, P
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Kombinasjonsprodukt
Number of pages
357

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Biographical note

MariusTimmann Mjaaland, University of Oslo, Norway.