Jean-Luc Nancy and the Deconstruction of Christianity
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-3995-4071-1 (ISBN)
In dialogue with Derridean deconstruction, this book highlights Nancy's distinctive figurative philosophical style which emerges as a transformative force, one that radicalises différance and draws out its creative potential. Through this generative logic, Nancy reconfigures how we conceptualise Christianity—not as an entity apart from philosophical reflection, but as intricately intertwined with it. Ashok Collins offers a bold new perspective on the 'turn to religion' within deconstruction, charting fresh pathways for debate and reflection far beyond its established boundaries.
Ashok Collins is Senior Lecturer in French Studies at the Australian National University. He has published his research in journals such as Research in Phenomenology, French Cultural Studies, Educational Philosophy and Theory and International Journal for Philosophy of Religion.
Acknowledgements
Introduction – Christianity and the Origin
Caputo vs. Hägglund
Jean-Luc Nancy’s Deconstruction of Christianity
Luther and Heidegger
Does ‘Christianity’ Exist?
S’il y en a, or il n’y a pas?
Figuration
Outline
Chapter 1 – Creation Ex Nihilo: The Figurative Subject
God Without Being
Onto-theology
A Spinozan Rewriting of Being and Time
Invention
Who Comes After the Subject?
Ego Sum
Dardichtung
The Figurative Subject
Areality, or the ‘There’
The Fiction of Creation
Chapter 2 – Trinity: An Ontology of Relation
Alterity and Fraternity
Interior intimo meo
Singular Plurality
God as the Otherness of the World
The Renvoi and Resonance of Sense
Revelation and the Call
Caritas and Community
Adoration and the With
Chapter 3 – Incarnation: Writing the Tactile Body
Chrétien’s Spiritual Touch
Kenosis
The Body and Sense
Figuration, or Exscription
The Tactile Body
Eucharistic Touch
Chapter 4 – Resurrection: The Truth of Christianity
Hegelian Aufhebung
Salvation
Anastasis: Sight and Touch
Salutation and Relation
Testimony: Truth and Sense
Parousia: The Self-Overcoming of Revelation
The (Re)Birth of Christianity
Conclusion – The Future of Philosophy and Religion
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 17.10.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Crosscurrents |
| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Metaphysik / Ontologie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit | |
| Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-3995-4071-8 / 1399540718 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-3995-4071-1 / 9781399540711 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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