Interstices of the sublime : theology and psychoanalytic theory /
Crockett, Clayton,1969-
New York : Fordham University Press,
2007.
The sublime refers to a conflict of the Kantian faculties of reason and imagination, and involves the attempt to represent what is intrinsically unrepresentable. Through topics such as sublimation, schizophrenia, God, and creation ex nihilo, this book contributes to a form of radical theological thinking that is involved in the world.
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""Title Page ""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1: On Sublimation: The Significance of Psychoanalysis for the Study of Religion ""; ""Chapter 2: We Are All Mad: Theology in the Shadow of a Black Sun""; ""Chapter 3: Desiring the Thing:  The Ethics of Psychoanalysis""; ""Chapter 4: Foreclosing God:  Heidegger, Lacan, and Kristeva""; ""Chapter 5: Anxiety and the S(ub)lime Body of God""; ""Chapter 6: Ages of the World and Creation ex Nihilo, Part I:  Tillich and Schelling""; ""Chapter 7: Ages of the World and Creation ex Nihilo, Part II: Zizek and Lacan""
""Chapter 8: God Without Being (God): A Lacanian Critique of Jean-Luc Marion""""Chapter 9: Expressing the Real: Lacan and the Limits of Language""; ""Chapter 10: Processing the Real: Sub-stance""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""Other Books in the Perspectives in Continental Philosophy Series""
The sublime refers to a conflict of the Kantian faculties of reason and imagination, and involves the attempt to represent what is intrinsically unrepresentable. Through topics such as sublimation, schizophrenia, God, and creation ex nihilo, this book contributes to a form of radical theological thinking that is involved in the world.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Psychoanalysis and religion
Sublime, The
Psychological Theory
Defense Mechanisms
Religion
Humanities
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Religion and Psychology
Sublimation, Psychological
Psychoanalytic Theory
Social Sciences
Psychology