Difficult Atheism

Post-Theological Thinking in Alain Badiou, Jean-Luc Nancy and Quentin Meillassoux

AvChristopher Watkin

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

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Beskrivning

Drawing primarily on the work of Alain Badiou and Jean-Luc Nancy, plus Quentin Meillassoux and Slavoj Žižek, Watkin explores the theme of atheism through the ideas of the death of God and nihilism, and probes the limits of any 'atheistic politics'. He argues that rigorous atheism is elusive, and that Continental thought, even in its most stridently atheistic guises, has yet fully come to terms with the death of God.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-03-10
Mått:156 x 234 x 20 mm
Vikt:452 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Crosscurrents
Antal sidor:296
Förlag:Edinburgh University Press
ISBN:9780748677269

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Christopher Watkin is Senior Lecturer in French Studies at Monash University. His previous publications include Phenomenology or Deconstruction?, Difficult Atheism, and French Philosophy Today.

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Watkin takes readers on a fascinating journey into contemporary post-theological philosophy. He shows with admirable clarity how each writer articulates a new position beyond the innate problems of parasitism and asceticism. He sharpens focus on post-theological integration, whether in the form of Badiou’s axiomatic atheism, Nancy’s deconstructive antheology, or Meillassoux’s argument that philosophy believes in God because God does not exist. As Watkin proves quite brilliantly, atheism is not as easy as it seems. Summing up: Recommended.

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Editor’s Preface; Introduction: Atheisms Today; 1. The God of Metaphysics; 2. The God of the Poets; 3. Difficult Atheism; 4. Beyond A/theism? Quentin Meillassoux; 5. The Politics of the Post-Theological I: Justifying the Political; 6. The Politics of the Post-Theological II: Justice; General Conclusion: How to Follow an ‘Atheism’ That Never Was; Bibliography; Index.