Nietzsche Versus Paul / Abed Azzam.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Azzam, Abed, author.

Series:

Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity--Philosophy.

Christianity and atheism.

Dionysus--(Greek deity).

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900.

Paul, the Apostle, Saint.

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm.

Dionysus (Greek deity).

Dionysus.

Paul.

Local Subjects:

Christianity--Philosophy.

Christianity and atheism.

Dionysus--(Greek deity).

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900.

Paul, the Apostle, Saint.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 pages).

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Abed Azzam offers a fresh interpretation of Nietzsche's engagement with the work of Paul the Apostle, reorienting the relationship between the two thinkers while embedding modern philosophy within early Christian theology. Paying careful attention to Nietzsche's dialectics, Azzam situates the philosopher's thought within the history of Christianity, specifically the Pauline dialectics of law and faith, and reveals how atheism is constructed in relation to Christianity.Countering Heidegger's characterization of Nietzsche as an anti-Platonist, Azzam brings the philosopher closer to Paul through a radical rereading of his entire corpus against Christianity. This approach builds a compelling new history of the West resting on a logic of sublimation, from ancient Greece and early Judaism to the death of God. Azzam discovers in Nietzsche's philosophy a solid, tangible Pauline structure and virtual, fragile Greek content, positioning the thinker as a forerunner of the recent "return to Paul" led by Badiou, Agamben, Žižek, and Breton. By changing the focus of modern philosophical inquiry from "Nietzsche and philosophy" to "Nietzsche and Christianity," Azzam initiates a major challenge to the primacy of Plato in the history of Western philosophy and narrow certainties regarding Nietzsche's relationship to Christian thought.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

1. From Dionysian Tragedy to Christianity

2. From Judaism to Christianity

3. Jesus-Christ and the Two Worlds of Early Christianity

4. Paul: The First Christian

5. Science and Art After the Death of God

6. Beyond Modern Temporality

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9780231538978

0231538979

OCLC:

979904337