Jacques Derrida, the sacred other and Seventh-day Adventism stumbling on the creative play of différance in Genesis 1

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dc.contributor.advisorCochrane, Jamesen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorPlatts, Adrianen_ZA
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dc.date.issued2012en_ZA
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dc.description.abstractThis thesis searches for that which is sacred to Jacques Derrida and ultimately concludes that if anything is sacred to him it is the other. This concern for the sacred is an attempt to ascertain Derrida’s relevance and value for religious traditions. Derrida’s ideas serve to destabilise (sacred) centres in religious traditions in order to find place for the (excluded) other. Hence, a central theme of this dissertation is that there are no stable centres. I have attempted to demonstrate this in the structure I have followed, a structure that is "centred on" decentring ideas that, while not arbitrary, could have been substituted for others: negative theology, the other, detours, khôra and différance.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationPlatts, A. (2012). <i>Jacques Derrida, the sacred other and Seventh-day Adventism stumbling on the creative play of différance in Genesis 1</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11390en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationPlatts, Adrian. <i>"Jacques Derrida, the sacred other and Seventh-day Adventism stumbling on the creative play of différance in Genesis 1."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11390en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationPlatts, A. 2012. Jacques Derrida, the sacred other and Seventh-day Adventism stumbling on the creative play of différance in Genesis 1. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Platts, Adrian AB - This thesis searches for that which is sacred to Jacques Derrida and ultimately concludes that if anything is sacred to him it is the other. This concern for the sacred is an attempt to ascertain Derrida’s relevance and value for religious traditions. Derrida’s ideas serve to destabilise (sacred) centres in religious traditions in order to find place for the (excluded) other. Hence, a central theme of this dissertation is that there are no stable centres. I have attempted to demonstrate this in the structure I have followed, a structure that is "centred on" decentring ideas that, while not arbitrary, could have been substituted for others: negative theology, the other, detours, khôra and différance. DA - 2012 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2012 T1 - Jacques Derrida, the sacred other and Seventh-day Adventism stumbling on the creative play of différance in Genesis 1 TI - Jacques Derrida, the sacred other and Seventh-day Adventism stumbling on the creative play of différance in Genesis 1 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11390 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationPlatts A. Jacques Derrida, the sacred other and Seventh-day Adventism stumbling on the creative play of différance in Genesis 1. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies, 2012 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11390en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Religious Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherReligious Studiesen_ZA
dc.titleJacques Derrida, the sacred other and Seventh-day Adventism stumbling on the creative play of différance in Genesis 1en_ZA
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