{"product_id":"the-writing-of-innocence-blanchot-and-the-deconstruction-of-christianity-hardcover","title":"The Writing of Innocence: Blanchot and the Deconstruction of Christianity - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAïcha Liviana Messina\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn original reading of Blanchot's thought with far-reaching philosophical and literary implications.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Writing of Innocence\u003c\/i\u003e explores the topic of innocence and the peculiar relationship to Christianity in the writing of Maurice Blanchot. Its starting point is that innocence is not a condition relegated to a mythical past but rather one resulting from the construction of the subject in and through language. Hence, we don't lose innocence; instead, we are lost by innocence. It is an excess, not a lack. This inverted notion of innocence raises new ethical and political issues that Aïcha Liviana Messina unfolds through vigorous re-readings of a series of biblical motifs, including law, grace, and apocalypse. The closing chapter turns to the convergences and divergences between Jean-Luc Nancy's and Blanchot's understandings of the deconstruction of Christianity. With a foreword by philosopher Serge Margel, \u003ci\u003eThe Writing of Innocence\u003c\/i\u003e offers a fresh perspective on Blanchot's writings in general and on his dialogue with Hegel in particular. While staging innocence in its philosophical and literary dimensions, \u003ci\u003eThe Writing of Innocence\u003c\/i\u003e provides singular readings of works by Kierkegaard, Agamben, Derrida, Nancy, Camus, Hugo, and Kafka.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAïcha Liviana Messina \u003c\/b\u003eis Titular Professor of Philosophy at Diego Portales University in Chile.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 218\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51783759986976,"sku":"9781438488998","price":169.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/402e6188a8497251cbb18f8040e63bf1.webp?v=1780593919","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-writing-of-innocence-blanchot-and-the-deconstruction-of-christianity-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}