Our post-secular present, argues Feisal Mohamed, has much to learn
from our pre-secular past. Through a consideration of poet and
polemicist John Milton, this book explores current post-secularity,
an emerging category that it seeks to clarify and critique. It
examines ethical and political engagement grounded in belief, with
particular reference to the thought of Alain Badiou, Jacques
Derrida, Jurgen Habermas, and Gayatri C. Spivak. Taken to an
extreme, such engagement produces the cult of the suicide bomber.
But the suicide bomber has also served as a convenient bogey for
those wishing to distract us from the violence in Western and
Christian traditions and for those who would dismiss too easily the
vigorous iconoclasm that belief can produce. More than any other
poet, Milton alerts us to both anti-humane and liberationist
aspects of belief and shows us relevant dynamics of language by
which such commitment finds expression.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
