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Giving birth to the impossible: theology and deconstruction in Johannes Climacus’s Philosophical Fragments

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According to Roger Poole, theological interpreters of Søren Kierkegaard’s indirect communication privilege content over form, whereas deconstructive interpreters privilege form over content. Here, I offer a reading of Johannes Climacus’s Philosophical Fragments to illustrate how, in this case, the theology/deconstruction and form/content binaries both break down. The form of Fragments is as theological as it is deconstructive: Climacus’s kaleidoscopic quotation of scripture, and his parabolic...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1080/21692327.2021.1923557

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
UAS
Sub department:
DX THEOLOGY AND RELIGION; SZ UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS AND OUTREACH
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0001-9022-534X
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis Publisher's website
Journal:
International Journal of Philosophy and Theology Journal website
Volume:
82
Issue:
2
Pages:
116-135
Publication date:
2021-05-12
Acceptance date:
2021-04-26
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EISSN:
2169-2335
ISSN:
2169-2327
Language:
English
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Pubs id:
1173943
Local pid:
pubs:1173943
Deposit date:
2021-05-15

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