The Word Speaks to the Faustian Man (Vol. 3)

The Word Speaks to the Faustian Man (Vol. 3), which could be related to philosophical or literary themes, particularly influenced by the concept of Faustian bargains and the exploration of existential or spiritual dilemmas. Faust is a famous work by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, representing a pact with the devil for knowledge, power, or other desires.

This phrase could be interpreted metaphorically in various ways, especially in the context of literature or philosophy, where the "word" might represent a higher truth, divine knowledge, or wisdom confronting human nature (the Faustian man). The volume or specific context might explore themes like ambition, moral conflict, self-destruction, or the search for meaning.

First died the Word. Then died God and then the world and then man. The Word was no longer holy as it once was. No longer was it the Truth and Being and the revelation of the Truth and Being. The revelation degenerated into interpretation, into referentiality without the referent. Telos become 'values', commitment convenience, truth consensus and man himself a tool of language, a tool of his tool.

God died because 'man' replaced him and man died because God deserted him.

This work seeks to revive the awareness of the Word, the awareness we lost without the awareness of the loss. 'A triumph of creative hermeneutical imagination', this 'bold and innovative' vision has many 'deep and searching' insights to offer, old as well as new. Insights which no sensitive soul would ever like to ignore or to forget.

About the Author:

Som Raj Gupta, a Nehru Fellow, teaches English at Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi.