Quentin Meillassoux After Finitude (Paperback)

Title: After Finitude. Format: Paperback. Item Width: 14mm. Item Weight: 190g. Subtitle: An Essay on the Necessity of Contingency. Item Length: 129mm. Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality. Country/Region of Manufacture: US.

Indiscretion: Finitude And The Naming Of God

Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Title:Indiscretion: Finitude And The Naming Of GodISBN13:9780226092942ISBN10:0226092941Author:Carlson, Thomas A. (Author)Description:How Can One Think And Name An Inconceivable And Ineffable God? Christian Mystics Have Approached The Problem By Speaking Of God Using Negative Language Devices Such As Grammatical Negation And The Rhetoric Of Darkness Or Unknowing And Their Efforts Have Fascinated Contemporary Scholars In This Strikingly Original Work, Thomas A Carlson Reinterprets Premodern Approaches To God’s Ineffability And Postmodern Approaches To The Mystery Of The Human Subject In Light Of One Another The Recent Interest In Mystical Theological Traditions, Carlson Argues, Is Best Understood In Relation To Contemporary Philosophy’s Emphasis On The Idea Of Human Finitude And Mortality Combining Both Historical Research In Theology (From Pseudo-Dionysius To Aquinas To Eckhart) And Contemporary Philosophical Analysis (From Hegel And Nietzsche To Heidegger, Derrida, And Marion), Indiscretion Will Interest Philosophers, Theologians, And Other Scholars Concerned With The Possibilities And Limits Of Language Surrounding Both God And Human Subjectivity Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:University of Chicago PressPublication Date:1999-02-02Weight:1 lbsDimensions:0.84” H x 8.95” L x 6.1” WNumber of Pages:322Language:English

After Finitude by Dr Quentin Meillassoux (Paperback Book)

This book is now available for the first time in paperback, the remarkable debut of a former student of Alain Badiou. Quentin Meillassoux, a former student of Alain Badiou, is considered to be one of the most talented and exciting new voices in contemporary French philosophy. Quentin Meillassoux’s remarkable debut makes a strikingly original contribution to contemporary French philosophy and is set to have a significant impact on the future of Continental philosophy. Written in a style that marries great clarity of expression with argumentative rigour, “After Finitude” provides bold readings of the history of philosophy and sets out a devastating critique of the unavowed fideism at the heart of post-Kantian philosophy. Meillassoux introduces a startlingly novel philosophical alternative to.