Bücher von John D. Caputo

Is anything ever not an interpretation? Does interpretation go all the way down? Is there such a thing as a pure fact that is interpretation-free? If not, how are we supposed to know what to think and do? These tantalizing questions are tackled by renowned American thinker John D Caputo in this wide-reaching exploration of what the traditional term ''hermeneutics'' can mean in a postmodern, twenty-first century world. As a contemporary of Derrida''s and longstanding champion of rethinking the disciplines of theology and philosophy, for decades Caputo has been forming alliances across disciplines and drawing in readers with his compelling approach to what he calls "radical hermeneutics." In this new introduction, drawing upon a range of thinkers from Heidegger to the Parisian "1968ers" and beyond, he raises a series of probing questions about the challenges of life in the postmodern and maybe soon to be ''post-human'' world.''

John Caputo entdeckt Gott nicht als »höchstes Wesen«, sondern als ein schwaches Vielleicht, als das Unbedingte kommender Gerechtigkeit, als ein Ereignis, das uns bedrängt, für andere öffnet und verändert.In diesem Buch erschließt er eine theologische Denkweise, die im deutschsprachigen Raum noch wenig bekannt ist: die radikale Theologie, die Gott nicht »in der Höhe«, sondern in den Tiefen, an den Wurzeln der menschlichen Existenz sucht und dabei in einen fruchtbaren Dialog mit der postmodernen Gegenwartskultur sowie mit atheistischen und agnostischen Denkansätzen tritt.Ein kompaktes, gut lesbares Buch mit teils humorvoller Schärfe, philosophischer Klarheit und intellektueller Leidenschaft!

After a detailed analysis of just what radical theology means, as a concept and in its relationship to traditional theology, this volume offers a selection of essays written for both academic and wider audiences which show aim at catching radical theology in action, in the church and in the culture at large.

This book is a model of philosophical and Heideggerian scholarship. Avoiding the extremes of abject worship and facile refutation, it moves into the heart of the later Heideggers work. Not only is Caputo faithful to the texts, but he is reflective and critical, inviting the reader to philosophize with and against Heidegger.

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The purpose of the present study is to undertake a confrontation of the thought of Martin Heidegger and of Thomas Aquinas on the question of Being and the problem of metaphysics.

Inspired by Paul Tillich's suggestion that atheism is not the end of theology but is instead the beginning, and working this together with Derrida's idea of the undeconstructible, Caputo explores the idea that the real interest of theology is not God, especially not God as supreme being, but the unconditional.