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Genealogy of nihilism : philosophies of nothing and the difference of theology
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Genealogy of nihilism : philosophies of nothing and the difference of theology

Author: Conor Cunningham
Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.
Series: Radical orthodoxy series.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Nihilism is the logic of unmaking of things. This text re-reads Western history in the light of nihilistic logic, which pervades two millennia of Western thought.

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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Conor Cunningham
ISBN: 0415276934 9780415276931 0415276942 9780415276948
OCLC Number: 49936157
Description: xviii, 315 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: 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.
Series Title: Radical orthodoxy series.
Responsibility: Conor Cunningham.
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