Frederiek Depoortere

Christ in Postmodern Philosophy

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Produktbeschreibung

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 Zizek. 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 351g
• ISBN-13: 9780567033314
• ISBN-10: 0567033317
• Artikelnr.: 23351797

Autorenporträt

Frederiek Depoortere

Inhaltsangabe

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. René 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