Difficult atheism : post-theological thinking in Alain Badiou, Jean-Luc Nancy and Quentin Meillassoux
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Difficult atheism : post-theological thinking in Alain Badiou, Jean-Luc Nancy and Quentin Meillassoux
（Crosscurrents）
Edinburgh University Press, c2013
- : pbk
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Originally published: 2011
Includes bibliographical references (p. [244]-276) and index
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This title reassesses the term 'atheism' in the context of contemporary French philosophy. Drawing primarily on the work of Alain Badiou and Jean-Luc Nancy, plus Quentin Meillassoux and Slavoj Zizek, Watkin explores the theme of atheism through the ideas of the death of God and nihilism, and probes the limits of any 'atheistic politics'. He argues that rigorous atheism is elusive, and that Continental thought, even in its most stridently atheistic guises, has yet to fully come to terms with the death of God.
Table of Contents
- Introduction: Atheisms Today
- 1. The God of Metaphysics
- 2. The God of the Poets
- 3. Difficult Atheism
- 4. Beyond A/theism? Quentin Meillassoux
- 5. The Politics of the Post-Theological I: Justifying the Political
- 6. The Politics of the Post-Theological II: Justice
- General Conclusion: How to Follow an 'Atheism'That Never Was
- Bibliography
- Index.
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