tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post5508346807918907711..comments2024-03-12T03:53:57.725-04:00Comments on Faith and Theology: Agamben on transcendence and evilBen Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03800127501735910966noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-63942950796061226532008-05-07T00:28:00.001-04:002008-05-07T00:28:00.001-04:00Edit:AgambenEdit:<BR/><BR/>AgambenMykel G. Larsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17128735421035292909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-67293944361250175262008-05-07T00:28:00.000-04:002008-05-07T00:28:00.000-04:00For MM:Maybe your joke could just be:"John Paul II...For MM:<BR/><BR/>Maybe your joke could just be:<BR/><BR/>"John Paul II and Ambigen walk into a bar..."<BR/><BR/>And that's it!<BR/><BR/>Problem solved. :D<BR/><BR/>{Mykel}Mykel G. Larsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17128735421035292909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-71707222980214048862008-04-30T18:42:00.000-04:002008-04-30T18:42:00.000-04:00-M-: ... likewise :) Out of respect for Ben's blog...-M-: ... likewise :) <BR/><BR/>Out of respect for Ben's blog, I'll clarify my comment. I am preparing to lead a seminar next month at Portsmouth Abbey on the theological anthropologies of JP II, Kelsey, Agamben, and Maritain. You can see why a punchline would be useful. I'd assumed that the conceptual nexus between John Paul and Agamben would be obvious to most.MMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14169520137196027425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-44180008499175018552008-04-29T22:54:00.000-04:002008-04-29T22:54:00.000-04:00For: MMOh, I knew well in advance I wouldn't reall...For: MM<BR/><BR/>Oh, I knew well in advance I wouldn't really be helpful. Kind of you to think so, however. <BR/><BR/>Let us know when you have something concrete. :)<BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/><BR/>[-M-]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-20474423675176234372008-04-29T10:38:00.000-04:002008-04-29T10:38:00.000-04:00-m----- Nah, really it gets better than that. But...-m----- Nah, really it gets better than that. But thanks for your help.MMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14169520137196027425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-13573647426863734302008-04-29T02:39:00.000-04:002008-04-29T02:39:00.000-04:00For: MMIt may end up being one of those jokes that...For: MM<BR/><BR/>It may end up being one of those jokes that go along the lines of:<BR/><BR/>"What did Batman say to Robin before they got in the Batmobile?"<BR/><BR/>...<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>...<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Wait for it...<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>"Get in the Batmobile, Robin!"<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>*ducks*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-4216896308762995002008-04-28T15:34:00.000-04:002008-04-28T15:34:00.000-04:00I hereby vow that someday I will come up with a pu...I hereby vow that someday I will come up with a punchline for "....so Agamben and John Paul II walk into a bar..."MMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14169520137196027425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-80012199509808113622008-04-28T09:27:00.000-04:002008-04-28T09:27:00.000-04:00Profound. It reminds me of Eriugena and also Aqui...Profound. It reminds me of Eriugena and also Aquinas' reflections in De Veritate on all things being spoken and most truly existing in the eternal utterance of the Word.<BR/><BR/>EthanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-9105180385384604182008-04-28T08:59:00.000-04:002008-04-28T08:59:00.000-04:00Does anybody write in order to be understood these...<I>Does anybody write in order to be understood these days</I>? Funny you should ask, <A HREF="http://larvalsubjects.wordpress.com/2008/04/25/style/" REL="nofollow">these guys</A> have been arguing over this for a few days now. And Badiou is being placed in the "yes he <I>is</I> writing to be understood camp.<BR/>Warning: the comments in that post will take you the better part of an afternoon to work through.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17045950595392790139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-70429445912746658572008-04-28T08:03:00.000-04:002008-04-28T08:03:00.000-04:00What exactly does all of that mean?Whenever there ...What exactly does all of that mean?<BR/><BR/>Whenever there is an other, fear spontaneously arises. And thus the dreadful applied politics of fear and the search for scape-goats.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-55223960386633837672008-04-28T04:53:00.000-04:002008-04-28T04:53:00.000-04:00'it's nice to have a chat with a clever man'. By t...'it's nice to have a chat with a clever man'. By this reasoning weren't the Nazi's good as they certainly grasped the evil in their being and took it's place? Agamben and Badiou, two bloody kids trying to outsmart each other, at least with rock guitarists you shake your own head sufficiently hard to know why your feeling brain dead. Does anybody write in order to be understood these days or is it all just mental masturbation?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-43062772609814690662008-04-28T04:07:00.000-04:002008-04-28T04:07:00.000-04:00Worry not.Apokatastasis.Worry not.<BR/><BR/>Apokatastasis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-48468962668109502692008-04-27T21:24:00.000-04:002008-04-27T21:24:00.000-04:00I haven't read the context or the book, but if the...I haven't read the context or the book, but if <I>the good must be defined as a self-grasping of evil</I>, then is this self-grasping broader than simply knowledge or awareness of its own being?<BR/><BR/>Also, with this phrase particularly in mind, <I>God or the good or the place</I>, does Agamben distinguish between these three? Are the two instances of 'or' in this phrase to be understood epexegetically? (i.e God = the good = the place)byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.com