Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-307) and index
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Prologue : Nothing...but words : words and tears -- Part 1. No theodicy : a chance of happiness. Negative dialectics -- In the secret of guilt : punishment as meaning -- Political theology : old dictations, old knots -- Ending the endings : the endgame of theodicy -- Part 2. The Utopian idea : remembering the future in the past. Paradise : nowhere--but here! -- Tales for children : retrieving the enchantment -- Hope and despair in a time of mourning -- Waiting : in the meantime -- In the event of a new word -- Part 3. After Hegel, Beckett's How it is : approaching justice with infinite slowness -- Swamp : justice in the state of nature -- The struggle for acknowledgement and recognition -- Cruelty and kindness : humanity in question -- The human voice : of promises and solaces -- Redeeming words -- Where in the world is justice?
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Beckett, Samuel,1906-1989-- Criticism and interpretation