Theology and contemporary Continental philosophy : the centrality of a negative dialectic / Colby Dickinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dickinson, Colby, author.

Series:

Reframing Continental philosophy of religion

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Continental philosophy.

Political theology.

Dialectic.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (171 pages).

Place of Publication:

London, England ; New York : Rowman & Littlefield International, 2019.

Summary:

This book aims to put modern continental philosophy, specifically the sub-fields of phenomenology, existentialism, hermeneutics, deconstruction, critical theory and genealogy, into conversation with the field of contemporary theology. Colby Dickinson demonstrates the way in which negative dialectics, or the negation of negation, may help us to grasp the thin (or non-existent) borders between continental philosophy and theology as the leading thinkers of both fields wrestle with their entrance into a new era. With the declining place of “the sacred” in the public sphere, we need to pay more attention than ever to how continental philosophy seems to be returning to distinctly theological roots. Through a genealogical mapping of 20 th -century continental philosophers, Dickinson highlights the ever-present Judeo-Christian roots of modern Western philosophical thought. Opposing categories such as immanence/transcendence, finitude/infinitude, universal/particular, subject/object, are at the center of works by thinkers such as Agamben, Marion, Vattimo, Levinas, Latour, Caputo and Adorno. This book argues that utilizing a negative dialectic allows us to move beyond the apparent fixation with dichotomies present within those fields and begin to perform both philosophy and theology anew.

Contents:

On the relationship of Continental philosophy to theology

Toward a negative dialectic

The gap within existence as theological motif

The phenomenological (re)turn.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781786610614

1786610612