Christ in Postmodern Philosophy

Gianni Vattimo, Rene Girard, and Slavoj Zizek

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Inbunden, Engelska, 2008

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Beskrivning

In the wake of Heidegger's announcement of the end of onto-theology and inspired by both Levinas and Derrida, many contemporary continental philosophers of religion search for a post-metaphysical God, a God who is often characterized as tout autre, wholly other. Christ in Postmodern Philosophy investigates the Christological ideas of three contemporary thinkers, Gianni Vattimo, Rene Girard and Slavoj Žižek. In doing so, Frederiek Depoortere focuses on the relation between transcendence and the event of the Incarnation on the one hand, and the uniqueness of Christianity on the other.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2008-08-01
Mått:138 x 216 x 13 mm
Vikt:363 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:176
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9780567033314

Utforska kategorier

Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Dr Frederiek Depoortere is a Postdoctoral Fellow of the Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO) at the Faculty of Theology, K.U.Leuven (Belgium) and a member of the research group 'Theology in a Postmodern Context'.

Recensioner i media

Some of Europe's top philosophers of religion put forward great new ideas based on the works of Levinas, Derrida, Lacan, Kant and others, to explore divergent philosophical concepts around Christology, incarnation and the uniqueness of Christ, and therefore Christianity, in a very different way.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: The Question of Christology after the Death of God 1. Gianni Vattimo 1.1. The Background of Vattimo's Christology: How the Return of Religion Became Possible (Nietzsche, Heidegger)1.2. Vattimo's Christology: Kenosis and Caritas2. Slavoj Žižek2.1. The Background of Žižek's Christology: Reading Hegel's Christology with Lacan2.2. Žižek's Christology2.2.1. The Deadlock of the Sacrificial Interpretation of Christ's Death on the Cross2.2.2. From God as 'Wholly Other Thing' to God as 'Barely Nothing'2.2.3. The Coming of Christ, the Death of the Divine Thing 2.2.4. The Crucified Christ, the Ultimate objet petit a3. René Girard3.1. The Background of Girard's Christology: Mimesis and the Scapegoating Mechanism3.2. Girard's Christology3.2.1. Girard's Account of the Christ Event 3.2.2. Girard vs. Nietzsche: Dionysus and the Crucified One - on the impact of the Christ Event in World History4. Evaluations & Confrontations4.1. Vattimo's Christology, a Return of 'God Is Dead'-Theology4.2. Girard vs. Vattimo4.3. The Shared Inspiration of Žižek and Girard4.4. The Fate of Transcendence in the Work of Žižek4.5. Girard vs. Žižek 4.6. General Conclusion: On the Transcendence of Love and the Uniqueness of Christianity