Cart
Free Shipping in the UK
Proud to be B-Corp

Christ in Postmodern Philosophy Frederiek Depoortere

Christ in Postmodern Philosophy By Frederiek Depoortere

Christ in Postmodern Philosophy by Frederiek Depoortere


£114.19
Condition - New
Only 2 left

Summary

Offers an investigation into the Christological ideas of three contemporary thinkers: Slavoj Zizek, Gianni Vattimo and Rene Girard, focussing on the topics of the relation between transcendence and the event of the Incarnation on the one hand, and the topic of the uniqueness of Christianity on the other.

Christ in Postmodern Philosophy Summary

Christ in Postmodern Philosophy: Gianni Vattimo, Rene Girard, and Slavoj Zizek by Frederiek Depoortere

This book offers an investigation into the Christological ideas of three contemporary thinkers: Slavoj Zizek, Gianni Vattimo and Rene Girard.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.The Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek is an exception to this rule. First, he clearly has another source of inspiration: neither Heidegger, Levinas or Derrida, but Lacan and the great thinkers of German Idealism (Kant, Schelling, and Hegel). Moreover, he does not aim at tracing a post-metaphysical God. His 'turn' to Christianity is the result of his concern to 'save' the achievements of modernity from fundamentalism, post-modern relativism and religious obscurantism.The Italian philosopher Gianni Vattimo is an intermediary. His sources (mainly Nietzsche and Heidegger) seem to indicate that he aligns with those philosophers whose works are inspired by Heidegger, Levinas and Derrida. Indeed, Vattimo is also searching for the God who comes after metaphysics, but he explicitly rejects the wholly-other God. With Zizek, Vattimo shares a Christological interest, an attention for the event of the Incarnation and the conviction that the Incarnation amounts to the end of God's transcendence. Both thinkers also defend the uniqueness of Christianity vis-a-vis natural religiosity. In this way, they seem to share at least some affinity with the views of the French-American literary critic and fundamental anthropologist Rene Girard, who has also defended the uniqueness of Christianity and claims that the latter broke away from the violent transcendence of the natural religions.The book will investigate the Christological ideas of these three contemporary thinkers, focussing on the topics of the relation between transcendence and the event of the Incarnation on the one hand, and the topic of the uniqueness of Christianity on the other.

Christ in Postmodern Philosophy Reviews

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. * Publishing News, 2008 *
Mention -Chronicle of Higher Education, March 13, 2009
The book lucidly fulfils its dual aims, articulating the prospects for an understanding of the Incarnation that does not divest or empty the doctrine of the Trinity whilst using the postmodern philosophers as grist on the question of the particularly Christian faith. In addition to the well-referenced, cogently-structured main project, Depoortere has furnished us with a set of beginning guides on some of the religious coordinates of three important, thought contested, social theorists. * Theological Book Review, Vol. 21, No.2 *
Christ in Postmodern Philosophy not only serves as an excellent primer for those who might be relatively new to the conversation about Christ in contemporary continental though, but also offers a set of insights and intuitions which will prove fruitful for further reflection upon Christ's uniqueness. * The Thomist *
Both titles are examples of academically yet clear and readable studies. * Bijdragen, International Journal in Philosophy and Theology 71 (1) *
Depoortere... is to be congratulated on a concise and clear introduction to the thought of three important contemporary thinkers, Vattimo, Girard and Zizek. * Journal of Reformed Theology 4 *

About Frederiek Depoortere

Dr Frederiek Depoortere is a Research Fellow in the Faculty of Theology at the KULeuven, Belgium, and a member of the Research Group 'Theology in a Post-modern Context'.

Table of Contents

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 Caritas; 2. Slavoj Zizek; 2.1. The Background of Zizek's Christology: Reading Hegel's Christology with Lacan; 2.2. Zizek's Christology; 2.2.1. The Deadlock of the Sacrificial Interpretation of Christ's Death on the Cross; 2.2.2. 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 a; 3. Rene Girard; 3.1. The Background of Girard's Christology: Mimesis and the Scapegoating Mechanism; 3.2. Girard's Christology; 3.2.1. 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 History; 4. Evaluations & Confrontations; 4.1. Vattimo's Christology, a Return of 'God Is Dead'-Theology; 4.2. Girard vs. Vattimo; 4.3. The Shared Inspiration of Zizek and Girard; 4.4. The Fate of Transcendence in the Work of Zizek; 4.5. Girard vs. Zizek; 4.6. General Conclusion: On the Transcendence of Love and the Uniqueness of Christianity.

Additional information

NPB9780567033314
9780567033314
0567033317
Christ in Postmodern Philosophy: Gianni Vattimo, Rene Girard, and Slavoj Zizek by Frederiek Depoortere
New
Hardback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2008-08-01
176
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a new book - be the first to read this copy. With untouched pages and a perfect binding, your brand new copy is ready to be opened for the first time

Customer Reviews - Christ in Postmodern Philosophy