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Jacques Derrida, the sacred other and Seventh-day Adventism stumbling on the creative play of différance in Genesis 1

Year: 2012

Type: dissertation

Abstract: This thesis searches for that which is sacred to Jacques Derrida and ultimately concludes that if anything is sacred to him it is the other. This concern for the sacred is an attempt to ascertain Derrida’s relevance and value for religious traditions. Derrida’s ideas serve to destabilise (sacred) centres in religious traditions in order to find place for the (excluded) other. Hence, a central theme of this dissertation is that there are no stable centres. I have attempted to demonstrate this in the structure I have followed, a structure that is "centred on" decentring ideas that, while not arbitrary, could have been substituted for others: negative theology, the other, detours, khôra and différance.

Source: Open University of Cape Town (University of Cape Town)

Author: Adrian E. Platts

Language: English

Topic: Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism

Subfield: Philosophy

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W812334022

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