John D. Caputo
Auteur de What Would Jesus Deconstruct?: The Good News of Postmodernism for the Church
A propos de l'auteur
Academician John D. Caputo (b.1940) specializes in continental philosophy, described as the interaction among 20th century French and German philosophy and religion. He has written a number of scholarly books including The Mystical Element in Heidegger's Thought (1978), Heidegger and Aquinas afficher plus (1982), Demythologizing Heidegger (1993), Against Ethics (1993), and The Prayers and Tears of Jacques Derrida (1997). Caputo has been honored in Dublin and Toronto, where conferences have been organized around his work. Caputo is professor of philosophy at Villanova University in Pennsylvania, where he received his M.A. in 1964. Other degrees include a B.A. from LaSalle College (1962) and a Ph.D. from Bryn Mawr (1968). (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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Séries
Œuvres de John D. Caputo
Des Confessions : Jacques Derrida-Saint Augustin (2005) — Directeur de publication; Contributeur — 31 exemplaires
Feminism, Sexuality, and the Return of Religion (Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Religion) (2011) — Directeur de publication — 16 exemplaires
Oeuvres associées
Apophatic Bodies: Negative Theology, Incarnation, and Relationality (2009) — Contributeur — 20 exemplaires
Michel Foucault and Theology: The Politics of Religious Experience (2004) — Contributeur — 16 exemplaires
Religion With/Out Religion: The Prayers and Tears of John D. Caputo (2001) — Contributeur — 11 exemplaires
Between Philosophy and Theology: Contemporary Interpretations of Christianity (2010) — Contributeur — 5 exemplaires
The Sleeping Giant Has Awoken: The New Politics of Religion in the United States (2008) — Introduction — 5 exemplaires
Cross and khôra : deconstruction and Christianity in the work of John D. Caputo (2010) — Contributeur — 2 exemplaires
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- Nom canonique
- Caputo, John D.
- Date de naissance
- 1940-10-26
- Sexe
- male
- Études
- LaSalle University (BA|1962)
Villanova University (MA|1964)
Bryn Mawr College (PhD|1968) - Professions
- professor
- Organisations
- Syracuse University (Thomas J. Watson Professor of Religion and Humanities)
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- Œuvres
- 36
- Aussi par
- 19
- Membres
- 2,058
- Popularité
- #12,499
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 14
- ISBN
- 119
- Langues
- 4
In general, I fear reading philosophical texts, because most authors believe it is essential, they kill the reader with boredom. John Caputo avoids this approach, and I thank him for it.
The introduction is brilliant, in particular, the way he uses the words 'sedentary' and 'pedestrian'. From there, he moved to a discussion of truth, as the ancients perceived it, as well as religious texts.
Then, he explored some "Enlightenment" philosophers, some "Modern" philosophers" as well as "post-modern" ones.
There is no absolute truth. We know this. In Vedic/Hindu philosophy, we have the Goddess Maya who casts a veil over us. In the rock opera "Jesus Christ Superstar", Jesus asked Pilate - "what is truth? is truth a changing law? what is truth? is mine the same as yours?"
It's possible to skip the entire book and just focus on those lines in the opera. However, then you'd miss a super romp through the 'history of truth'.
Keep one thing in mind: he has explored only Western philosophers.
In other parts of the world, we used to have a more nuanced view of concepts like 'truth'. Not anymore, sadly.… (plus d'informations)