Another Finitude : messianic vitalism and philosophy / Agata Bielik-Robson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bielik-Robson, Agata, author.

Contributor:

Lachs-Adler Family Endowed Fund for Collection Development.

Series:

Political theologies.

Political theologies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Finite, The--Philosophy.

Finite, The.

Vitalism--Philosophy.

Vitalism.

Love--Philosophy.

Love.

Judaism and philosophy.

Ontology.

Jewish philosophers--20th century.

Jewish philosophers.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 287 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019.

Summary:

"Beginning from the notion of finite life, Another Finitude takes this staple subject from post-Heideggerian philosophy and opposes it to the onto-theological concept of infinity, represented by an eternal absolute. Although critical of Heidegger and his definition of finitude as 'being-towards-death', this book does not revert to the ontological idea of infinity secured in the sacred image of immortality. But it also does not want to give up on infinity altogether; the infinite is transposed, so it can become a necessary moment of the finite life. A theological framework for the new elaboration of the concept of finitude is crucial; but instead of following the Lutheran formula, Agata Bielik-Robson turns to the sources of Judaism. Taking inspiration from the Jewish idea of torat hayim, the principle of finite life, which found the best expression in the biblical sentence: love strong as death; love emerges as the alternative marker of finitude, allowing to us redefine it in an affirmative way. By tracing the avatars of love in the group of 20th-century thinkers, or 'messianic vitalists'-Benjamin, Rosenzweig, Arendt, Derrida, and (deeply revised) Freud-the book attempts to demonstrate the possibility of such affirmation. Love becomes the new 'infinite-in-the-finite'; love in all its forms, from the original libidinal endowment of the human psyche to the last metamorphoses of agape, the Greco-Christian divine love."--Publisher's statement.

Contents:

Part 1 Love Strong as Death: Polemics

1 Falling - in Love: Rosenzweig Versus Heidegger p. 39

2 Being-Towards-Birth: Arendt and the Finitude of Origins p. 75

Part 2 Erros, the Drive in the Desert

3 Derrida's Torat Hayim, or the Religion of the Finite Life p. 103

4 Another Infinity: Towards Messianic Psychoanalysis p. 145.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lachs-Adler Family Endowed Fund for Collection Development.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

1350094072

9781350094079

OCLC:

1088539721