Genealogy of nihilism : philosophies of nothing and the difference of theology / Conor Cunningham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cunningham, Conor, 1972-

Series:

Radical orthodoxy series.

Radical orthodoxy series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nihilism (Philosophy).

Philosophical theology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (334 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text re-reads Western history in the light of nihilistic logic, which pervades two millennia of Western thought. From Parmenides to Alain Badiou, via Plotinus, Avicenna, Duns Scotus, Ockham, Descartes, Spinoza, Kant, Hegel, Heidegger, Sartre, Lacan, Deleuze and Derrida, a genealogy of nothingness can be witnessed in development, with devastating consequences for the way we live.

Contents:

Part I. Philosophies of nothing.

Towards nothing: Plotinus, Avicenna, Ghent, Scotus and Ockham

Scotus and Ockham: intuitive cognition-to cognise nothing

Spinoza: pan(a)theistic acosmism

Kant: causing all to disappear

Hegel's consummate philosophy: the univocity of Geist

On the line: Martin Heidegger and Paul Celan

Derrida: Spinozistic plotinaianism

Part II. Difference of theology. To speak, to do, to see: analogy, participation, divine ideas and the idea of beauty

Difference knowledge makes: creation out of love

Philosophies of nothing and the difference of theology: Sartre, Lacan, Deleuze, Badiou and creation out of no-one.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 276-303) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-47400-8

1-134-47401-6

1-283-64231-X

9786610113453

1-280-11345-6

0-203-99531-7

9780203995310

OCLC:

252962866