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This text re-reads Western history in the light of nihilistic logic, which pervades two millennia of Western thought. From Parmenides to Alain Badiou, via Plotinus, Avicenna, Duns Scotus, Ockham, Descartes, Spinoza, Kant, Hegel, Heidegger, Sartre, Lacan, Deleuze and Derrida, a genealogy of nothingness can be witnessed in development, with devastating consequences for the way we live.
List of contents
Part 1 Philosophies of Nothing; Chapter 1 Towards Nothing; Chapter 2 Scotus and Ockham; Chapter 3 Spinoza; Chapter 4 Kant; Chapter 5 Hegel's Consummate Philosophy; Chapter 6 On the Line; Chapter 7 Derrida; Part 2 The Difference of Theology; Chapter 8 To Speak, to Do, to See; Chapter 9 The Difference Knowledge Makes; Chapter 10 Philosophies of Nothing and the Difference of Theology; Conclusion;
About the author
Conor Cunningham is a doctor of theology and teacher of divinity at the University of Cambridge. His previous academic interests have included the study of Law, Social Science and Philosophy, and he was among the original contributors to
Radical Orthodoxy: A New Theology (Routledge, 1999).
Summary
This text re-reads Western history in the light of nihilistic logic, which pervades two millennia of Western thought. From Parmenides to Alain Badiou, via Plotinus, Avicenna, Duns Scotus, Ockham, Descartes, Spinoza, Kant, Hegel, Heidegger, Sartre, Lacan, Deleuze and Derrida, a genealogy of nothingness can be witnessed in development, with devastating consequences for the way we live.
