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Christ in Postmodern Philosophy: Gianni Vattimo, Rene Girard, and Slavoj Zizek
In the wake of Heidegger's announcement of the end of onto-theology and inspired by both Levinas and Derrida, many contemporary continental philosophers of religion search for a post-metaphysical God, a God who is often characterized as tout autre, wholly other. Christ in Postmodern Philosophy investigates the Christological ideas of three contemporary thinkers, Gianni Vattimo, Rene Girard and Slavoj Zizek. In doing so, Frederiek Depoortere focuses on the relation between transcendence and the event of the Incarnation on the one hand, and the uniqueness of Christianity on the other.
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Christ in Postmodern Philosophy: Gianni Vattimo, Rene Girard, and Slavoj Zizek
In the wake of Heidegger's announcement of the end of onto-theology and inspired by both Levinas and Derrida, many contemporary continental philosophers of religion search for a post-metaphysical God, a God who is often characterized as tout autre, wholly other. Christ in Postmodern Philosophy investigates the Christological ideas of three contemporary thinkers, Gianni Vattimo, Rene Girard and Slavoj Zizek. In doing so, Frederiek Depoortere focuses on the relation between transcendence and the event of the Incarnation on the one hand, and the uniqueness of Christianity on the other.
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Christ in Postmodern Philosophy: Gianni Vattimo, Rene Girard, and Slavoj Zizek

Christ in Postmodern Philosophy: Gianni Vattimo, Rene Girard, and Slavoj Zizek

by Frederiek Depoortere
Christ in Postmodern Philosophy: Gianni Vattimo, Rene Girard, and Slavoj Zizek

Christ in Postmodern Philosophy: Gianni Vattimo, Rene Girard, and Slavoj Zizek

by Frederiek Depoortere

Overview

In the wake of Heidegger's announcement of the end of onto-theology and inspired by both Levinas and Derrida, many contemporary continental philosophers of religion search for a post-metaphysical God, a God who is often characterized as tout autre, wholly other. Christ in Postmodern Philosophy investigates the Christological ideas of three contemporary thinkers, Gianni Vattimo, Rene Girard and Slavoj Zizek. In doing so, Frederiek Depoortere focuses on the relation between transcendence and the event of the Incarnation on the one hand, and the uniqueness of Christianity on the other.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780567033321
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 10/01/2008
Pages: 176
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.36(d)

About the Author

Dr Frederiek Depoortere is a Postdoctoral Fellow of the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) at the Faculty of Theology, K.U.Leuven (Belgium) and a member of the research group 'Theology in a Postmodern Context'.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Question of Christology after the Death of God
1. Gianni Vattimo
1.1. The Background of Vattimo's Christology: How the Returban of Religion Became Possible (Nietzsche, Heidegger)1.2. Vattimo's Christology: Kenosis and Caritas
2. Slavoj Žižek
2.1. The Background of Žižek's Christology: Reading Hegel's Christology with Lacan
2.2. Žižek's Christology
2.2.1. The Deadlock of the Sacrificial Interpretation of Christ's Death on the Cross
2.2.2. From God as 'Wholly Other Thing' to God as 'Barely Nothing'
2.2.3. The Coming of Christ, the Death of the Divine Thing
2.2.4. The Crucified Christ, the Ultimate objet petit a



3. René Girard
3.1. The Background of Girard's Christology: Mimesis and the Scapegoating Mechanism
3.2. Girard's Christology
3.2.1. Girard's Account of the Christ Event
3.2.2. Girard vs. Nietzsche: Dionysus and the Crucified One - on the impact of the Christ Event in World History



4. Evaluations & Confrontations
4.1. Vattimo's Christology, a Returban of 'God Is Dead'-Theology
4.2. Girard vs. Vattimo
4.3. The Shared Inspiration of Žižek and Girard
4.4. The Fate of Transcendence in the Work of Žižek
4.5. Girard vs. Žižek
4.6. General Conclusion: On the Transcendence of Love and the Uniqueness of Christianity

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