Immemorial Silence, livre ebook

Treats time, eternity, language, and silence in an original way.

Treats time, eternity, language, and silence in an original way.

Drawing on philosophy, theology, and literature, from the early Middle Ages to the present, Immemorial Silence traces a series of intertwined ideas. Exploring silence as the absence of language, which is nonetheless inherent in language itself, and eternity as the outside of time, cutting through time itself, the book unfolds a series of connections between these temporal and linguistic themes.

acknowledgments
introduction
when to keep silence?
chapter one
immemorial silence: Maurice Blanchot
chapter two
and my memory from the minds of men: Georges Bataille
chapter three
in the interrogative position: four poets
chapter four
vanishing presence: St. Augustine
chapter five
redeeming language: Meister Eckhart
chapter six
conclusion: forgetful memory
endnotes 115
works cited 159
index