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The Philosophy of Reenchantment
  • Language: en

The Philosophy of Reenchantment

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2022-08
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  • Publisher: Routledge

This book presents a philosophical study of the idea of reenchantment and its connections with philosophical anthropology, ethics, and ontology. The chapters examine contested notions such as enchantment, transcendence, interpretation, attention, resonance, and the sacred or reverence-worthy.

The Radicalism of Departure
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 253

The Radicalism of Departure

To date, the philosophy of Max Stirner (1806-1856) has not attracted much academic attention. An early critic of Karl Marx and precursor of existentialist thought, he is nevertheless remembered as a radical Young Hegelian engaged in an unsuccessful attempt to move ‘beyond Hegel’. Arguing that this image of Stirner is based on a faulty interpretation of his relationship to Hegelian philosophy, this book proposes an entirely new reading of his philosophical magnum opus Der Einzige und sein Eigentum. In this work, traditional philosophy, epitomized by Hegel, is reduced to the property of the unique or single individual. This move must not only be seen a refusal to keep traditional philosophy alive by criticising it, but also entails an ‘existentialist’ inversion of the traditional relation between thinker and idea. This exciting new interpretation, which is demonstrated here by a detailed analysis of Der Einzige und sein Eigentum, clears the way for a philosophical rehabilitation of Stirner’s ideas.

Rethinking Secularization
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 450

Rethinking Secularization

Rethinking Secularization: Philosophy and the Prophecy of a Secular Age provides a philosophical appraisal of secularization in light of the recent re-emergence of religion in the public sphere. It explores the adequacy of classical theories of secularization, and, rooted in historical and conceptual analysis, what might be offered in their place today. Responding to the once dominant theories of a global, world-historical emancipation from an inherited religious past to a modern secular age, the volume also considers the extent to which philosophy itself has inspired and nourished such prophecies. As a result, a more sophisticated view of secularization emerges, both more interesting and co...

The Reason of Terror
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 324

The Reason of Terror

The Reason of Terror pursues the need for philosophical responses attuned to the complexity of terrorism. Driven by the conviction that terrorism is a worthy topic for philosophical reflection, the volume presents careful conceptual analyses of terrorism while demonstrating that the relation between reason and terrorism is deeply rooted in the history of philosophy. In a series of historical essays that begins with Lucretius' reflections on terror, includes Machiavelli and Hegel's political analyses and continues through Arendt's investigation of terror and ideology, the authors counter a prevalent tendency to think that terrorism is irrational and hence beyond the pale of philosophical reflection. The collection continues by investigating contemporary terrorism's impact upon subjectivity, communication and rhetoric, and the practice of philosophy. Taken as a whole, the essays demonstrate not only philosophy's ability to think terrorism, but also terrorism's impact on philosophy.

Filosofie als roeping. Liber amicorum Guido Vanheeswijck
  • Language: nl
  • Pages: 368

Filosofie als roeping. Liber amicorum Guido Vanheeswijck

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2022
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Wat betekent het om filosofie als een roeping te ervaren? En bepaalt die ervaring de wijze waarop een filosoof zich aan het denken wijdt? Wat zegt de geschiedenis van de filosofie hierover? Voelden belangrijke denkers uit heden en verleden zich geroepen om te filosoferen, of speelde die ervaring slechts een bijkomstige rol?00In dit boek gaan verschillende auteurs op zoek naar de verborgen drijfveren van het filosoferen. Ze gaan na wat filosofen precies aan het denken zet en wat hen ertoe brengt om hun inzichten en ideeën wereldkundig te maken en met veel passie te verdedigen. Op die manier plaatsen ze het verhaal van de filosofie in een origineel perspectief en sturen ze aan op een kritische doorlichting van de hedendaagse filosofische praktijk, zowel binnen als buiten de muren van de universiteit. Alle bijdragen zijn opgedragen aan Guido Vanheeswijck, gevierd denker, auteur en lesgever, maar bovenal filosoof uit roeping.

Sacral Kingship Between Disenchantment and Re-enchantment
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 288

Sacral Kingship Between Disenchantment and Re-enchantment

France and England are often seen as monarchies standing at opposite ends of the spectrum of seventeenth-century European political culture. On the one hand the Bourbon monarchy took the high road to absolutism, while on the other the Stuarts never quite recovered from the diminution of their royal authority following the regicide of Charles I in 1649. However, both monarchies shared a common medieval heritage of sacral kingship, and their histories remained deeply entangled throughout the century. This study focuses on the interaction between ideas of monarchy and images of power in the two countries between the execution of Mary Queen of Scots and the Glorious Revolution. It demonstrates that even in periods when politics were seemingly secularized, as in France at the end of the Wars of Religion, and in latter seventeenth- century England, the appeal to religious images and values still lent legitimacy to royal authority by emphasizing the sacral aura or providential role which church and religion conferred on monarchs.

Heinrich von Kleist
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 326

Heinrich von Kleist

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2023-11-20
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  • Publisher: BRILL

The works and biography of Heinrich von Kleist have fascinated authors, artists, and philosophers for centuries, and his enduring relevance is evident in the emblematic role he has played for generations. Kleist’s prose works remain “utterly unique” seventy years after Thomas Mann described their singular appeal, his dramas remain “disturbingly current” four decades after E.L. Doctorow characterized their modernity, and twenty-first century readers need not read far before finding the unresolved questions of the current century in Kleist. Heinrich von Kleist: Artistic and Aesthetic Legacies explores examples of Kleist’s impact on artistic creations and aesthetic theory spanning over two centuries of seismic metaphysical crises and nightmare scenarios from Europe to Mexico to Japan to manifestations of the American Dream.

Contesting Modernity in the German Secularization Debate
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 504

Contesting Modernity in the German Secularization Debate

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2022-01-10
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  • Publisher: BRILL

Sjoerd Griffioen investigates the polemics between Löwith, Blumenberg and Schmitt in the German secularization debate (1950’s-1980’s). ‘Secularization’ is revealed as a contested concept in ideological struggles over modernity and religion, both in this debate and contemporary postsecularism.

Plato and the Mythic Tradition in Political Thought
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 337

Plato and the Mythic Tradition in Political Thought

An ambitious reinterpretation and defense of Plato’s basic enterprise and influence, arguing that the power of his myths was central to the founding of philosophical rationalism. Plato’s use of myths—the Myth of Metals, the Myth of Er—sits uneasily with his canonical reputation as the inventor of rational philosophy. Since the Enlightenment, interpreters like Hegel have sought to resolve this tension by treating Plato’s myths as mere regrettable embellishments, irrelevant to his main enterprise. Others, such as Karl Popper, have railed against the deceptive power of myth, concluding that a tradition built on Platonic foundations can be neither rational nor desirable. Tae-Yeoun Keum...

Working with A Secular Age
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 440

Working with A Secular Age

Charles Taylor’s monumental book A Secular Age has been extensively discussed, criticized, and worked on. This volume, by contrast, explores ways of working with Taylor’s book, especially its potentials and limits for individual research projects. Due to its wide reception, it has initiated a truly interdisciplinary object of study; with essays drawn from various research fields, this volume fosters substantial conversation across disciplines.