Apocalypse of truth : Heideggerian meditations /
We inhabit a time of crisis, totalitarianism, environmental collapse and the unquestioned rule of neoliberal capitalism. Philosopher Jean Vioulac is interested in and worried by all of this, but his main concern is how these phenomena all represent a crisis within and a threat to thinking itself. In...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Translated from the French. |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
[2021]
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| Summary: | We inhabit a time of crisis, totalitarianism, environmental collapse and the unquestioned rule of neoliberal capitalism. Philosopher Jean Vioulac is interested in and worried by all of this, but his main concern is how these phenomena all represent a crisis within and a threat to thinking itself. In his first book to be translated into English, Vioulac radicalizes Heidegger's understanding of truth as disclosure through the notion of "the apocalypse of truth." This apocalypse works as an unveiling that reveals the finitude and mystery of truth, a full confrontation with truth-as-absence. Engaging with Heidegger, Marx and St. Paul, as well as contemporary figures including Agamben, Badiou and Žižek, Vioulac's book presents a subtle, masterful exposition of his analysis before culminating in a powerful vision of what he terms "the abyss of the deity." Here, Vioulac articulates a portrait of Christianity as a religion of mourning, waiting for a god (Jesus) who has already died, a form of ever-present eschatology whose end has always already taken place. With a preface by Jean-Luc Marion, Apocalypse of Truth presents a major contemporary French thinker to English-speaking audiences for the first time. |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 191 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226766737 022676673X |