Mark C. Taylor is professor of religion at Columbia University and a frequent contributor to the New York Times and NPR. His previous books include Speed Limits and After God.
“Modern life is a map of realms or worlds, intellectual and
cultural as well as geographic that abut without necessarily
connecting. The thinkers whom the larger world needs most are those
who have ventured farthest from their starting points without
sacrificing intellectual rigor. Such a thinker is Mark C.
Taylor.”—Jack Miles, author of God: A Biography
“Last Works is a dazzling tapestry of reflection on the final works
of writers Mark Taylor has loved through his many transformations.
This is Taylor's intellectual autobiography, his relentless and
moving quest to understand religion in its many engagements with
literature.”—Kevin Hart, The University of Virginia
“As Mark Taylor's brilliant meditation on last works moves towards
its own end, it folds one writer's life and language into the next
to thicken the strange meanings of thought time: knowing that we
die.”—Siri Hustvedt, author of The Blazing World
“Few thinkers have explored the interplay of death and life as
personally and with as much depth and creativity as Mark C.
Taylor. In Last Works, he turns to the final writings of his
intellectual ghosts for 'lessons in leaving' that speak to
everyone.”—Paul Lieberman, author of Gangster Squad
"Mark C. Taylor’s brilliant and nuanced approach to these truly
great writers reflects his original path to thinking, which is
philosophy as it should be conducted today. Insights from this
profound meditation on the human condition fill every page in this
magnificent volume."—Esa Saarinen, Aalto University,
Finland
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