Genealogy of Nihilism: Philosophies of Nothing and the Difference of Theology

ISBN-13: 9780415276931 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 334 str.

Conor Cunningham; C. Cunningham;Cunningham Cono

Opis

Nihilism is the logic of nothing as something, which claims that Nothing Is. Its unmaking of things, and its forming of formless things, strain the fundamental terms of existence: what it is to be, to know, to be known. But nihilism, the antithesis of God, is also like theology. Where nihilism creates nothingness, condenses it to substance, God also makes nothingness creative. Negotiating the borders of spirit and substance, theology can ask the questions of nihilism that other disciplines do not ask: Where is it? What is it made of? Why is it so destructive? How can it be made holy, or overcome? Genealogy of Nihilism rereads Western history in the light of nihilistic logic, which pervades two millennia of Western thought and is coming to fruition in our present age in a virulently dangerous manner. From Parmenides to Alain Badiou, via Plotinus, Avicenna, Duns Scotus, Ockham, Descartes, Spinoza, Kant, Hegel, Heidegger, Sartre, Lacan, Deleuze and Derrida, a genealogy of nothingness can be witnessed in development, with devastating consequences for the way we live. As dualistic logic, nihilism has come to ground existence not in life but in the absences beyond it.

Recenzje

'This is an audacious work and it is difficult to do justice to the complexity of the argument or the subtlety of the terms invoked. However, this work also sparkles with simplicity ... Overall this is a dazzling performance ... It provides an important addition to the literature on nihilism.' - Marcus Pound, Reviews in Religion and Theology

Spis treści

Part 1 Philosophies of Nothing; Chapter 1 Towards Nothing; Chapter 2 Scotus and Ockham; Chapter 3 Spinoza; Chapter 4 Kant; Chapter 5 Hegel's Consummate Philosophy; Chapter 6 On the Line; Chapter 7 Derrida; Part 2 The Difference of Theology; Chapter 8 To Speak, to Do, to See; Chapter 9 The Difference Knowledge Makes; Chapter 10 Philosophies of Nothing and the Difference of Theology; Conclusion;

O autorze

Conor Cunningham is a doctor of theology and teacher of divinity at the University of Cambridge. His previous academic interests have included the study of Law, Social Science and Philosophy, and he was among the original contributors to Radical Orthodoxy: A New Theology (Routledge, 1999).