Contemporary Debates in Negative Theology and Philosophy

In this volume, scholars draw deeply on negative theology in order to consider some of the oldest questions in the philosophy of religion that stand as persistent challenges to inquiry, comprehension, and expression. The chapters engage different philosophical methodologies, cross disciplinary boundaries, and draw on varied cultural traditions in the effort to demonstrate that apophaticism can be a positive resource for contemporary philosophy of religion.

List of contents

1. Introduction; J. Aaron Simmons. - Part I. A Philosophy of the Unsayable.- 2. A Philosophy of the Unsayable; Kevin Hart.- 3.Speaking About Silence (Sort of); Aaron Simmons.- 4. William Franke and the Unfinished Philosophical Revolution of the West; William C. Hackett.- 5. To Be and Not To Know, That is the Question; Sai Bhatawadekar.- 6. Is There a Logic of the Ineffable?; Stephen Palmquist.- 7. Betwixt and Amidst; William Franke.- Part II. Thinking the Apophatic.- 8. Is Hegel an Apophatic Thinker?; Nahum Brown.- 9. Hegel and the Negation of the Apophatic; Andrew W. Hass.- 10. Infinite Reduplication; Peter Kline.- 11. Heidegger's Apophaticism; Elliot R. Wolfson.- 12. The Apophatic Trace of Derrida and Zhuangzi; Lissa McCullough.- 13. The Irenic Ironic Unsayable; by David Chai.- 14. Apophatic Universalism East and West; William Franke.- Part III. The Vanishing Point of the Apophatic in Poetry and Literature.- 15. Apophasis as a Means of Expressing EcologicalIndeterminacy; Sabine Lenore Müller.- 16. The Astonishing Silence of Things;Bruno Béu.- 17. Unspeakable Trash; Anthony Curtis Adler.- 18. Conclusion.- Index.

About the author

Nahum Brown is a visiting Assistant Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
J. Aaron Simmons is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Furman University, USA

Summary

Considers the relevance of negative theology and apophatic thinking in today's society
Offers insights that are relevant for continental philosophy, theology, comparative literature, metaphysics, and intercultural philosophy

Provides historical contextualization of thinking from Ancient Platonic and Neo-Platonic debates to the 19th century

Product details

• Assisted by: Aaron Simmons (Editor), Aaron Simmons (Editor), Nahu Brown (Editor), Nahum Brown (Editor), J. Aaron Simmons (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2018
• EAN: 9783319881270
• ISBN: 978-3-31-988127-0
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 22 mm x 210 mm
• Weight: 541 g
• Illustrations: XVI, 400 p.
• Series: Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; B, Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft, comparative religion, Philosophy of religion, Religion and Philosophy, Religions, Religion—Philosophy, theology;negative;Hegel;literature;God