Metamorphosis or Mutation?: jean-luc nancy and the deconstruction of christianity
In: Angelaki: journal of the theoretical humanities, Band 26, Heft 3-4, S. 162-177
ISSN: 1469-2899
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In: Angelaki: journal of the theoretical humanities, Band 26, Heft 3-4, S. 162-177
ISSN: 1469-2899
In: SUNY series in theology and Continental thought
In: Currents of Encounter - Studies on the Contact between Christianity and Other Religions, Beliefs, an v.30
One of the urgent tasks of modern philosophy is to find a path between the rationalism of the Enlightenment and the relativism of postmodernism. Rationalism alone cannot suffice to solve today's problems, but neither can we dispense with reasonable critique. The task is to find ways to broaden the scope of rational thought without losing its critical power. The first part of this volume explores the ideas of Enlightenment philosophers and shows nuances often absent from the common view of the Enlightenment. The second part deals with some of the modern heirs of Enlightenment, such as Durkheim, Habermas, and Derrida. In the third part this volume looks at alternatives to Enlightenment thought in West European, Russian and Buddhist philosophy. Part four provides, over against the Enlightenment, a new starting point for the philosophy of religion in thinking about human beings, God, and the description of phenomena.