{"product_id":"indiscretion-thomas-a-carlson-9780226092942","title":"Indiscretion: Finitude and the Naming of God","description":"How can one think and name an inconceivable and ineffable God? Christian mystics have approached the problem by speaking of God using \"negative\" language--devices such as grammatical negation and the rhetoric of \"darkness\" or \"unknowing\"--and their efforts have fascinated contemporary scholars. In this strikingly original work, Thomas A. Carlson reinterprets premodern approaches to God's ineffability and postmodern approaches to the mystery of the human subject in light of one another. The recent interest in mystical theological traditions, Carlson argues, is best understood in relation to contemporary philosophy's emphasis on the idea of human finitude and mortality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCombining both historical research in theology (from Pseudo-Dionysius to Aquinas to Eckhart) and contemporary philosophical analysis (from Hegel and Nietzsche to Heidegger, Derrida, and Marion), \u003ci\u003eIndiscretion\u003c\/i\u003e will interest philosophers, theologians, and other scholars concerned with the possibilities and limits of language surrounding both God and human subjectivity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas A. Carlson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226092941\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226092942\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/02\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.95h x 6.10w x 0.84d","brand":"Thomas A. Carlson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44212958462207,"sku":"9780226092942","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_16246606-7401-476a-b8bb-5eee8b9ce3eb.jpg?v=1692111245","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/indiscretion-thomas-a-carlson-9780226092942","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}