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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300622403321

Autore

Atkins Zohar

Titolo

An Ethical and Theological Appropriation of Heidegger’s Critique of Modernity : Unframing Existence / / by Zohar Atkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-96917-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (IX, 235 p.)

Disciplina

190

Soggetti

Continental Philosophy

Theology

World War, 1939-1945

Christian Theology

History of World War II and the Holocaust

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Chapter 1: Ontological Ethics as a Restoration of Questionability -- Chapter 2: “Dwelling Poetically” in a Metaphysical World -- Chapter 3: “The Task of Thinking”: The Fecundity of Listening  -- Chapter 4: Being Needed by Being, Being Needed by Others -- Chapter 5: “Thinking is Thanking”: From Anxiety to Gratitude -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is at once a deeply learned and original reading of Heidegger and a primary text in its own right. It demonstrates the relevance of Heidegger’s thought in responding to the moral and religious challenges of 21st century existence. It shows that Heidegger’s project can be defended against many criticisms once its existential character is taken seriously. What emerges is a powerful exercise in thinking, not about Heidegger, but with and against him. As such, Atkins engages Heidegger as a means of advancing a defense of spirituality in the modern world that holds spirituality itself accountable for its lapses into the mundane. Addressing the most influential figures in recent Continental philosophy, such as Emmanuel Levinas and Theodor W. Adorno, this is a work that will be of timely use to philosophers,



theologians, artists, and seekers.