Rancière, Derrida, and Egalitarian Politics in Pseudo-Dionysius
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12663085 |
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| Authors | Dave Mesing (Villanova University, PA, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 176-189 |
| Publication date | 2015-02-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Theology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1462-317X • E-ISSN: 1743-1719 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1179/1462317x14z.000000000106 |
| OpenAlex | W2036863969 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
Using the work of Jacques Rancière, I argue for an egalitarian reading of the political hierarchy in Pseudo-Dionysius. I first analyze various historical attempts to derive a political theory from Pseudo-Dionysius in the work of Juan Miguel Garrigues, René Roques, and Dominic O’Meara. I then turn to Jacques Derrida's attempt to distinguish deconstruction from negative theology, and consider especially the political effects of this strategy. I argue that Derrida's attempt to undermine Psuedo-Dionysius's system from within is unsuccessful, and suggest instead that Rancière provides the conceptual tools to identify an egalitarianism within Dionysian political theory
Deconstruction (building · Egalitarianism · Emancipation · Epistemology · Hierarchy · Linguistics · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Reading (process · Sociology · Critical Theory and Political Philosophy · Law · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism · Political theory and Gramsci
| Highly cited | No |
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