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Mark C. Taylor
After the Human is an ambitious and audacious grand synthesis that weaves together philosophy, theology, quantum mechanics, relativity theory, information theory, ecology, plant and animal cognition, and artificial intelligence to…
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An exploration of the possibilities of representation after modernism, this study charts the logic and continuity of Mark Tansey’s painting by considering the philosophical ideas behind his art. The book…
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Establishing a creative dialogue between Hegel and Kierkegaard, Taylor charts the historical background of philosophy.
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This book deals with a central problem in the writings of Soren Kierkegaard, the themes of time and the self as developed in the pseudonymous writings. Arguing that a most…
In Tears, the author explores theoretical issues raised by the intersection of philosophy, literature, art, architecture, and theology. The critical accounts of thinkers like Derrida, Blanchot, Jabes, Kierkegaard, Hegel, Heidegger…
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Mark C. Taylor explores the many variations of silence by considering the work of leading visual artists, philosophers, theologians, writers, and composers.
To hear silence is to find stillness in…
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A magnum opus from Tayler that traces the currents of our thought about time, modernity, and death from Martin Luther through Hegel, Kierkegaard, and Derrida.
By revealing beauty hidden in the most unexpected places, these haunting images refigure death in a way that allows life to be seen anew. A bold new work from a…
We live in a moment of unprecedented complexity, an era in which change occurs faster than our ability to comprehend it. This books offers a map for the unfamiliar terrain…
Nots is a virtuoso exploration of negation and negativity in theology, philosophy, art, architecture, postmodern culture, and medicine. In nine essays that range from nihility in Buddhism to the embodiment…
Readers familiar with Mark C. Taylor’s previous writing will immediately recognize Altarity as a remarkable synthetic project. This work combines the analytic depth and detail of Taylor’s earlier studies of…
Erring is a thoughtful, often brilliant attempt to describe and enact what remains of (and for) theology in the wake of deconstruction. Drawing on Hegel, Nietzsche, Derrida, and others, Mark…
Attempting to provide a revitalized, self-aware vocabulary with which the religious diversity of the 20th century can be accurately described and responsibly discussed, this book contains contributions from scholars working…
The age of information, media and virtuality is transforming many aspects of human experience. This is an investigation of the postmodern world which critically examines a wide range of contemporary…
Travelling from high culture to pop culture and back again, this book approaches cyberspace and Las Vegas through Hegel and Kant and reads Melville’s The Confidence-Man through the film Wall…
Posits that money and markets do not exist in a vacuum but grow in a cultural medium, reflecting and in turn shaping their world. This book explores the historical and…
Argues that religion is more complicated than either its defenders or critics think and, indeed, is much more influential than any of us realize. This book redefines religion for our…
In the fall of 2005, Mark C. Taylor, the controversial public intellectual and widely respected scholar, suddenly fell critically ill. For two days a team of forty doctors, many of…
Mark C. Taylor provocatively claims that contemporary art has lost its way. With the art market now mirroring the art of finance, many artists create works solely for the purpose…
Digital and electronic technologies that act as extensions of our bodies and minds are changing how we live, think, act, and write. Whether feared or desired, these innovations provoke emotions…
A collage of original artwork, photographs, and ruminations that engage with modern and postmodern society, art, and technology.
By showing how the phenomenon of speed has emerged, Mark C. Taylor offers us a chance to see our pace of life as the product of specific ideas, practices, and…
A powerful consideration of the lessons imparted in the final works of essential writers and philosophers
There is no rigorous and effective deconstruction without the faithful memory of philosophies and literatures, without the respectful and competent reading of texts of the past, as well as singular…
Mark C. Taylor (Chair and Professor, Columbia University)
Mark C. Taylor explores how technological change is weaving together smart things and smart bodies to create new forms of life. He reveals that we are already cyborgs, integral cogs…
Jack Miles,Mark C. Taylor (Chair and Professor, Columbia University)
At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jack Miles and Mark C. Taylor embarked on an extended conversation about living and dying in an imperiled world. A Friendship in Twilight…
Professor Mark C. Taylor,Mary-Jane Rubenstein,Professor Thomas A. Carlson
Modern life is steeped in images, image-making, and attempts to control the world through vision. Mastery of images has been advanced by technologies that expand and reshape vision and enable…
Thomas J. J. Altizer
An eminent death-of-God theologian traces his lifelong search for a theology that is contemporary yet Biblical.
An eminent death-of-God theologian traces his lifelong search for a theology that is contemporary yet biblical.
