Styles of Piety: Practicing Philosophy after the Death of God (Perspectives in Continental Philosophy)

The last half century has seen both attempts to demythologize the idea of God into purely secular forces and the resurgence of the language of Godas indispensable to otherwise secular philosophers for describing experience. This volume asks whether pietymight be a sort of irreducible human problematic: functioning both inside and outside religion.S. Clark Buckner works in San Francisco as an artist, critic, and curator. He is the gallery director at Mission 17 and publishes regularly in Artweek and the San Francisco Bay Guardian. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy from Vanderbilt University. Matthew Statler is the Director of Research at the Imagination Lab Foundation in Lausanne, Switzerland. His current research is focused on practical wisdom as it pertains to organizational phenomena such as strategy making and leadership. He also has a Ph.D. in philosophy from Vanderbilt University. Frontmatter Introduction (S. Clark Buckner and Matthew Statler, page 1) PART I: THE PERSISTENT PROBLEM OF VALUE 1 Violations (Alphonso Lingis, page 15) 2 Fatherhood and the Promise of Ethics (Kelly Oliver, page 35) 3 Suffering Faith in Philosophy (S. Clark Buckner, page 55) 4 Becoming Real---With Style (Merold Westphal, page 76) 5 Morality without God (Charles E. Scott, page 93) PART II: PHILOSOPHY AND ITS FICTIONS 6 How Does Philosophy Become What It Is? (Matthew Statler, page 105) 7 Genealogy, History, and the Work of Fiction (Jason K. Winfree, page 119) 8 Tragic Dislocation: Antigone's Modern Theatrics (Tina Chanter, page 151) 9 A Touch of Piety: The Tragedy of Antigone's Hands (Michael Naas, page 171) PART III: DECONSTRUCTION AND RELIGION 10 The Prayers and Tears of Jacques Derrida (John D. Caputo, page 193) 11 God: Poison or Cure? A Reply to John D. Caputo (David Wood, page 205) 12 Those Weeping Eyes, Those Seeing Tears: Reading John D. Caputo's Ethics (Edith Wyschogrod, page 212) 13 Derrida and Dante: The Promise of Writing and the Piety of Broken Promises (Francis J. Ambrosio, page 222) 14 Laughing, Praying, Weeping before God: A Response (John D. Caputo, page 253) Notes (page 271) Index (page 301) The last half century has seen both attempts to demythologize the idea of God into purely secular forces and the resurgence of the language of God as indispensable to otherwise secular philosophers for describing experience. This volume asks whether piety might be a sort of irreducible human structure, functioning both inside and outside religion. The last half century has seen both attempts to demythologize the idea of God into purely secular forces and the resurgence of the language of 'God' as indispensable to otherwise secular philosophers for describing experience. This volume asks whether 'piety' might be a sort of irreducible human problem. The Persistent Problem Of Value -- Philosophy And Its Fictions -- Deconstruction And Religion. Edited By S. Clark Buckner And Matthew Statler. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 271-299) And Index.