Augustine And Postmodernism

While studies on and about Augustine as a philosopher abound, few approach his work from a deconstructionist point of view. Here, Jacques Derrida and an international group of philosophers add to the relatively new, but growing, philosophy of religion that is signified by the term "postmodernism." The newer and more established voices gathered in this volume continue a dialogue with Jacques Derrida by focusing on Augustine and questions of confession and religious commitment. Posed at the intersection of philosophy, theology, and religious studies, this volume will be of interest to scholars and students of Augustine as well as those interested in the invigorating discussion between philosophy, religion, and postmodernism. Book jacket.

John D. Caputo is the Thomas J. Watson Professor of Religion and Humanities at Syracuse University. He is also David R. Cook Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Villanova University. He is author of More Radical Hermeneutics (IUP, 2000) and The Prayers and Tears of Jacques Derrida (IUP, 1997).

Michael J. Scanlon, O.S.A., is Josephine C. Connelly Chair of Christian Theology at Villanova University. He is co-editor with John Caputo of God, the Gift, and Postmodernism (IUP, 1999) and Questioning God (IUP, 2001).

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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Introduction: The Postmodern Augustine

1

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John D. Caputo and Michael J. Scanlon

Part I. After the Event

1. Composing "Circumfession"

Jacques Derrida

19

(9)

2. Confessions and "Circumfession": A Roundtable Discussion with Jacques Derrida

Moderated by Richard Kearney

28

(25)

Part II. Confessions and Circumfession

3. Time-for the Truth

Geoffrey Bennington

53

(15)

4. Instances: Temporal Modes from Augustine to Derrida and Lyotard

Hent de Vries

68

(20)

Response by Jacques Derrida

88

(7)

5. Shedding Tears Beyond Being: Derrida's Confession of Prayer

John D. Caputo

95

(20)

6. Heidegger: Reader of Augustine

Philippe Capelle

115

(9)

Response by Jacques Derrida

124

(3)

7. The Form of an "I"

Catherine Malabou

127

(11)

Response by Jacques Derrida

138

(6)

8. Time, Evil, and Narrative: Ricoeur on Augustine

Richard Kearney

144

(15)

9. Arendt's Augustine

Michael J. Scanlon

159

(14)

10. Reading like Angels: Derrida and Augustine on the Book (for a History of Literature)

Mark Vessey

173

(35)

Response by Jacques Derrida

208

(4)

11. Augustine's Unconfessions

James J. O'Donnell

212

(10)

12. On Not Retracting the Unconfessed

Elizabeth A. Clark

222

(22)

13. Why Augustine? Why Now?

Jean Bethke Elshtain

244

(13)

CONTRIBUTORS

257

(2)

INDEX

259

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