Playing the Scene of Religion - Beauvoir and Faith - Karen Elizabeth Zoppa
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Playing the Scene of Religion - Beauvoir and Faith - Karen Elizabeth Zoppa
Karen Elizabeth Zoppa [+]
University of Winnipeg
Karen Elizabeth Zoppa earned her PhD from the Department of Religion at the University of Manitoba. Her research focuses on Critical Theory of Religion in relation to contemporary philosophy and literature. She teaches Humanities at the University of Winnipeg.
Description
This chapter provides a context and rationale for reading Beauvoir against Jacques Derrida and Michel de Certeau. Beauvoir's personal and intellectual biography is reviewed against that of Derrida and Certeau, with an emphasis on their tangents and resonances.