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Deconstructing Undecidability
Derrida, Justice, and Religious Discourse
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2020
Summary
Advancing current readings of the deconstructive work of Jacques Derrida, Deconstructing Undecidability critically explores the problematic nature of decision, including the inherent exclusivity that accompanies any decision. In discourses where a pursuit of justice or liberation from systemic oppression is a primary concern, Michael Oliver argues for an appreciation of the inescapability of making limited, difficult decisions for particular forms of justice. Oliver highlights a similarly precarious predicament in the context of philosophical and religious negotiations of divine decision, pointing to the impossibility of safely navigating this issue. While wholeheartedly affirming the problem of exclusivity that inevitably accompanies decision, this book offers a renewed sense of undecidability that highlights a mistaken, illusory position of indecision as a reflection of power and privilege. Ultimately, this book aims to gain a greater appreciation for the complexity of the problem of decision, in order to be more rigorous and transparent in our continued engagement with it.
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2020
ISBN-Print
978-1-9787-0438-1
ISBN-Online
978-1-9787-0439-8
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
241
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Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 14
1 Religion sans Exclusivity, “Perhaps” No access
2 Rereading Undecidability No access
3 The Injustice of Exclusivity No access
4 The Injustice of Indecision No access
5 Un/Avoidable Divine Decision No access
6 Un/Avoidable Human Decisions about Divine Decision No access
