Rosemann, Philipp W. (2018) Leonard Cohen, Philosopher. Maynooth Philosophical Papers, 9. pp. 1-20. ISSN 2009-7751

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Abstract

This paper, which the author delivered as his inaugural lecture as the Chair of Philosophy at Maynooth University, explores the relationship between philosophy, poetry, and religion. Through a line-by-line interpretation of Leonard Cohen's song 'Steer Your Way', it discovers the poet in a space between postmodern disillusionment and a desire for faith. What opens Cohen to the latter is specifically the experience of pain and brokenness, which lead him to the figure of Jesus. The paper concludes with a reflection on Richard Kearney's notion of 'anatheism', the return to a 'God after God'.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Leonard Cohen; popular music; philosophy of religion;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Arts,Celtic Studies and Philosophy > Philosophy
Item ID:	10347
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.5840/mpp20181091
Depositing User:	Philipp W. Rosemann
Date Deposited:	03 Jan 2019 14:58
Journal or Publication Title:	Maynooth Philosophical Papers
Publisher:	Maynooth University Department of Philosophy
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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