Title
Mimetic Reflections : A Study in Hermeneutics, Theology, and Ethics / William Schweiker.
ISBN
9780823296088
Published
New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2021]
Copyright
©1990
Language
English
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 online resource (267 p.)
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1515/9780823296088 doi
Dewey Decimal Classification
190
Summary
This book argues that a basic problem in thinking about understanding, temporality, and selfhood is due to "imitative" modes of thought found in much traditional Western philosophy and theology. Given this, the book examines the complex role that "image" and "imitation" play in understanding and its world of meaning, the import of language and narrative for configuring human temporality, and the existence of self. The author's contention is that when critically understood, mimesis, with its roots in performative enactment, holds resources for reconsidering these basic dimensions of human life beyond imitative paradigms of thought.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
System Details Note
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
Digital File Characteristics
text file PDF
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 03. Jan 2023)
Available in Other Form
print 9780823212545
Frontmatter
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PREFACE. By Way of Introduction
1. A Shattered Universe
2. Understanding as Mimesis of World
3. Narrative as Mimesis of Time
4. Self as Mimesis of Life
5. The Analogies of Mimetic Practices
6. Mimetic Reflections: Toward a Theology and Ethics
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
