Comments on: New Book: Radical Atheism http://www.continental-philosophy.org/2008/11/30/new-book-radical-atheism/ A Bulletin Board for Continental Philosophy, History of Philosophy and More… Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:11:13 -0500 hourly 1 By: Clark http://www.continental-philosophy.org/2008/11/30/new-book-radical-atheism/comment-page-1/#comment-52672 Clark Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:35:13 +0000 http://www.continental-philosophy.org/2008/11/30/new-book-radical-atheism/#comment-52672 Wasn't it always known Derrida was an atheist? Weren't the "religious elements" in his thought (or Heidegger's for that matter) more tied to either a genealogical element or a structural similarity? Even Caputo's The Prayers and Tears of Jacques Derrida: Religion Without Religion acknowledges the atheism. I suppose one could see it all as a double move between atheism and theism with Derrida being "something else." I'm curious as to where this really does differ from the consensus. Wasn’t it always known Derrida was an atheist? Weren’t the “religious elements” in his thought (or Heidegger’s for that matter) more tied to either a genealogical element or a structural similarity? Even Caputo’s The Prayers and Tears of Jacques Derrida: Religion Without Religion acknowledges the atheism.

I suppose one could see it all as a double move between atheism and theism with Derrida being “something else.”

I’m curious as to where this really does differ from the consensus.

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