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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812975803321

Autore

Cunningham Conor <1972->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2002

ISBN

1-134-47400-8

1-134-47401-6

1-283-64231-X

9786610113453

1-280-11345-6

0-203-99531-7

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (334 p.)

Collana

Radical orthodoxy series

Classificazione

11.02

Disciplina

149/.8

Soggetti

Nihilism (Philosophy)

Philosophical theology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

; 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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.