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Negative Theology and Modern French Philosophy Arthur Bradley Routledge Studies in Religion Negative Theology and Modern French Philosophy Negative theology is a premodern theological discourse but the questions it poses about the relationship between the known and unknown, the finite and the infinite and the immanent and the transcendent echo throughout secular postmodern philosophy. The philosopher Jacques Derrida speaks of a deeply ambiguous desire to 'save the name' of God in his work on negative theology, and this desire resonates in different ways in the work of his contemporaries. This turn to religion within the work of a group of thinkers who have been stereo typically identified as relativists or nihilists prompts a series of questions which form the backdrop to this study: • Who precisely do Derrida and his contemporaries want to 'save the name' of negative theology for and/ or from? • What exactly is the relationship between their -often so very different -readings of the negative way? • Why does this comparatively obscure Christian tradition remain a significant resource for a group of thinkers who range from commit ted believers to agnostics or atheists? Negative Theology and Modern French Philosophy advances a reading of negat ive theology as an ancient name for something that is essential not simply to modern French thought but to all responsible thought and action what soever. It will be essential reading for theologians and philosophers and will also interest those concerned with the work of Derrida and his contemporaries. Arthur Bradley is a lecturer in the Department of English at University College Chester. He has published on religion and nineteenth- and twentieth-century philosophy, particularly romanticism, phenomenology, genealogy and deconstruction. Routledge Studies Religion in 1 Judaism and Collective Life Self and community in the religious kibbutz Aryei Fishman 2 Foucault, Christianity and Interfaith Dialogue Henrique Pinto 3 Religious Conversion and Identity The semiotic analysis of texts Massimo Leone 4 Language, Desire and Theology A genealogy of the will to speak Noiil/,e Vahanian 5 Metaphysics and Transcendence Arthur Gibson 6 Sufism and Deconstruction A comparative study of Derrida and lbn 'Arabi Ian Almond 7 Christianity, Tolerance and Pluralism Michael Jinkins 8 Negative Theology and Modem French Philosophy Arthur Bradl,ey Negative Theology and Modern French Philosophy Arthur Bradley I� ���:!;��;up LONDON AND NEW YORK Firpsutb lish2e0d0 4 byR outledge 11N ewF ettLearn eL,o ndonE C4P4 EE Simultaneopuusbllyi shientd h eU SA andC anada byR outledge 29W est3 5tSht reeNte,wY orkNY, 10001 R.outlisea dgen i mprionftt h Tea yl&o Frr anGrocuips © 2004A rthuBrr adley TypesientB askervbiylW leea rseLtt dB,o ldonT,y nea ndW ear Printaendd b oundi nG reaBtr itabiynM PG BookLst dB,o dmin All righrtess erveNdo. p arotf t hibso okm ayb er eprintoerd reproducoerud ti lizienda nyfo rm orb ya nye lectromneicch,a nical, oro themre ansn,o wk nowno rh ereafitnevre ntiendc,l uding photocopyainndgr ecordionrgi ,na nyi nformatiosnt oraogre retriesvyaslt ewmi,t hopuetr missiinow nr itifrnogm thep ublishers. BritiLsihb rCaaryt aloigunPi ungb lication Data A catalogrueec orfodr thibso oki sa vailafrbolme t heB ritiLsihb rary LibroafCry o ngresCast alogiinPun bgl icaDtaitoan BradleAyr,t hur. Negatitvhee oloagyn dm odem Frencphh ilosoIp Ahryt huBrr adley. p.c m. Includbeisb liograprheifcearle nacnedsi ndex. 1.N egatitvhee ology-Christ2i.Pa hniiltyo.s oapnhdyr eligion France3..P hilosopFhrye,n chI..T itle. BT83.5.8B57 23 004 19�c22 2003024364 ISBN0 -415-32903-5 For parents my Contents Acknowledgements IX A note on texts Xl Introduction 1 PART I Histories 9 1 Derridaan d' savitnhgen ame' 11 PART II Theologies 47 2 Certeau''Yse si,na foreiglna nd' 49 3 Marioann d' ap aradoxailwc ritionfgt hew ordw ithout' 81 PART III Atheologies 113 4 Foucaualntd ' thteh oughfrto m theo utside' 115 5 Kristevaan d' thoer iginteachln e' 150 PART IV Futures 187 6 Derridaan dt he' passatgote h et otaloltyh er' 189 Viii Contents 7 Conclusion: negative theology after modem French philosophy 216 Notes 220 Bibliography 227 Index 238
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