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Philosophy -- Ethics beyond existentialism and structuralism: Sartre's critique of dialectical reason and the debate with Levi-Strauss -- Foucault's ethics of the self -- Derrida in Heidelberg: the specter of Heidegger's Nazism and the question of ethics -- Richard Rorty's cultural politics: ironist philosophy and the ethics of reading -- History -- From metahistory to the practical past: Hayden White's existentialist philosophy of history -- Hayden White and the ethics of historiography literature -- The ethics of conversion: metaphysical desire in Ren, Girard, and Jean-Paul Sartre -- The ethics of realism: literary history and the sublime in Erich Auerbach's mimesis -- The ethics of philology: Erich Auerbach and the fate of humanism -- Edward Said, orientalism, and the political turn in literary and cultural studies

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: Terrorism and Cultural Theory: The Singularity of 9/11 by Robert Doran -- Apocalyptic Thinking after 9/11: An Interview with Rene Girard by Robert Doran -- Anatomy of 9/11: Evil, Rationalism, and the Sacred by Jean-Pierre Dupuy -- Untimely Islam: September 11th and the Philosophies of History by Jean-Joseph Goux -- Global Terror, Global Vengenance? by Marcel Henaff -- Hyperculturization" after September 11: The Arab-Muslim World and the West by Hafid Gafaiti -- Creepy Christianity and September 11 by Toby Miller -- The Maltese and the Mustard Fields: Oulipian Translation by Alison James -- Separation, Difference, and Time in Godard's "Ici et ailleurs" by John Drabinski -- Reviews -- Carroll, David. "Albert Camus the Algerian: Colonialism, Terrorism, Justice". Reviewed by David R. Ellison -- Highmore, Ben. "Michel de Certeau: Analysing Culture". Reviewed by Alain Gabon -- Contributors.

This essay examines how René Girard's most recent book, Achever Clausewitz (2007), expands on Girard's theory of the sacred to include a more specific and concrete notion of the apocalypse as a historically conditioned concept. In particular, I argue that the idea of "total war" (the kind of war engendered by mass conscription) is crucial to Girard's critique of Clausewitz, which consists in pointing out the irreconcilability between Clausewitz's famous formula "war is politics by other means" (i.e., war is contained or limited by politics) and Clausewitz's idea of the "escalation to extremes" (uncontainable violence). I show how this reading of Clausewitz allows Girard to deconstruct the opposition between archaic (irrational) and modern (rational) violence that defines Enlightenment hope. Finally, I ask if the advent of post-9/11 terrorism, which is a form of total war, might not lead us to rethink the role of international institutions (such as the International Criminal Court) in stemming the explosive potential of non-localized violence. ; Este ensaio examina como o mais recente livro de René Girard, Achever Clausewitz (2007), desenvolve a sua teoria do sagrado para incluir uma noção mais específica e concreta do apocalipse como um conceito historicamente condicionado. Em particular, argumenta‑se que a ideia de «guerra total» (o tipo de guerra assente no recrutamento militar em massa) é crucial para a crítica de Girard em relação ao pensamento de Clausewitz, que consiste em apontar a incompatibilidade entre a famosa fórmula de Clausewitz «a guerra é política por outros meios» (isto é, a guerra é contida ou limitada pela política) e a sua outra ideia da «escalada aos extremos» (violência incontida). mostra‑se como essa leitura de Clausewitz permite a Girard desconstruir a oposição entre a violência arcaica (irracional) e a moderna (racional), que define a esperança iluminista. Finalmente, pergunta‑se se o advento do terrorismo após o 11 de Setembro, que é uma forma de guerra total, não nos pode levar a repensar o papel das instituições internacionais (como o tribunal Penal internacional) na contenção do potencial explosivo da violência não localizada

This essay examines how René Girard's most recent book, Achever Clausewitz (2007), expands on Girard's theory of the sacred to include a more specific and concrete notion of the apocalypse as a historically conditioned concept. In particular, I argue that the idea of "total war" (the kind of war engendered by mass conscription) is crucial to Girard's critique of Clausewitz, which consists in pointing out the irreconcilability between Clausewitz's famous formula "war is politics by other means" (i.e., war is contained or limited by politics) and Clausewitz's idea of the "escalation to extremes" (uncontainable violence). I show how this reading of Clausewitz allows Girard to deconstruct the opposition between archaic (irrational) and modern (rational) violence that defines Enlightenment hope. Finally, I ask if the advent of post-9/11 terrorism, which is a form of total war, might not lead us to rethink the role of international institutions (such as the International Criminal Court) in stemming the explosive potential of non-localized violence. ; Este ensaio examina como o mais recente livro de René Girard, Achever Clausewitz (2007), desenvolve a sua teoria do sagrado para incluir uma noção mais específica e concreta do apocalipse como um conceito historicamente condicionado. Em particular, argumenta‑se que a ideia de «guerra total» (o tipo de guerra assente no recrutamento militar em massa) é crucial para a crítica de Girard em relação ao pensamento de Clausewitz, que consiste em apontar a incompatibilidade entre a famosa fórmula de Clausewitz «a guerra é política por outros meios» (isto é, a guerra é contida ou limitada pela política) e a sua outra ideia da «escalada aos extremos» (violência incontida). mostra‑se como essa leitura de Clausewitz permite a Girard desconstruir a oposição entre a violência arcaica (irracional) e a moderna (racional), que define a esperança iluminista. Finalmente, pergunta‑se se o advento do terrorismo após o 11 de Setembro, que é uma forma de guerra total, não nos pode levar a repensar o papel das instituições internacionais (como o tribunal Penal internacional) na contenção do potencial explosivo da violência não localizada

Intro -- Title Page -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Themes in Contemporary Development Discourse -- Chapter 2: Lonergan's Philosophical Anthropology -- Chapter 3: Lonergan and Social Transformation -- Chapter 4: Lonergan and Development: Points for Dialogue -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.

The second volume of The Ethics of Narrative completes the project of bringing together nearly all of Hayden White's uncollected essays from the last two decades of his life, including articles, essays, and previously unpublished lectures. As in the first volume, volume 2 features White's trenchant articulations of his influential theories, as well as his explorations of a wide range of ideas and authors at the frontiers of critical theory, literature, and historical studies. These include the concept of utopia in history, modernism and postmodernism, constructivism, the conceptualization of historical periods such as "the Sixties" and "the Enlightenment," the representation of the Holocaust in scholarly and literary writing, as well as essays on Frank Kermode, Saul Friedländer, and Krzysztof Pomian

Frontmatter -- Contents -- General Editors' Preface -- PART ONE: TRADITION AND INNOVATION -- 1 Dialectic of Authority -- 2 Method: Trend and Variations -- 3 Mission and the Spirit -- 4 Aquinas Today: Tradition and Innovation -- 5 Prolegomena to the Study of the Emerging Religious Consciousness of Our Time -- 6 Christology Today: Methodological Reflections -- 7 Healing and Creating in History -- PART TWO: LECTURES ON RELIGIOUS STUDIES AND THEOLOGY -- Preface -- 8 First Lecture: Religious Experience -- 9 Second Lecture: Religious Knowledge -- 10 Third Lecture: The Ongoing Genesis of Methods -- PART THREE: THEORY AND PRAXIS -- 11 Natural Right and Historical Mindedness -- 12 Theology and Praxis -- 13 A Post-Hegelian Philosophy of Religion -- 14 Pope John's Intention -- 15 Unity and Plurality: The Coherence of Christian Truth -- Index