Apocalypse of truth : Heideggerian meditations /

Apocalypse of truth : Heideggerian meditations /

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Author / Creator:	Vioulac, Jean, author.
Uniform title:	Apocalypse de la vérité. English
Imprint:	Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2021. ©2021
Description:	xvii, 191 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Heidegger, Martin, -- 1889-1976. Heidegger, Martin, -- 1889-1976 Truth. Logos (Philosophy) Ontology. Logos (Philosophy) Ontology Truth
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12667935

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Other authors / contributors:	Peterson, Matthew J., translator. Marion, Jean-Luc, 1946- writer of foreword.
ISBN:	9780226766737 022676673X 9780226766874
Provenance:	Copy 1. Binding: Includes dust-jacket. Copy 1. Binding: Includes dust-jacket.
Notes:	Translated from the French. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"We inhabit a time of crisis-totalitarianism, environmental collapse, and the unquestioned rule of neoliberal capitalism. Philosopher Jean Vioulac is interested in and worried by all of this, but his main concern is how these phenomena all represent a crisis within-and a threat to-thinking itself. In his first book to be translated into English, Vioulac radicalizes Heidegger's understanding of truth as disclosure through the notion of "the apocalypse of truth." This apocalypse works as an unveiling that reveals the finitude and mystery of truth-a full confrontation with truth-as-absence. Engaging with Heidegger, Marx, and St. Paul, as well as contemporary figures including Agamben, Badiou, and Žižek, Vioulac's book presents a subtle, masterful exposition of his analysis before culminating in a powerful vision of what he terms "the abyss of the deity." Here, Vioulac articulates a portrait of Christianity as a religion of mourning, waiting for a god (Jesus) who has already died, a form of ever-present eschatology whose end has always already taken place. With a preface by Jean-Luc Marion, Apocalypse of Truth presents a major contemporary French thinker to English-speaking audiences for the first time"--Provided by publisher.

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Summary:	We inhabit a time of crisis--totalitarianism, environmental collapse, and the unquestioned rule of neoliberal capitalism. Philosopher Jean Vioulac is invested in and worried by all of this, but his main concern lies with how these phenomena all represent a crisis within--and a threat to--thinking itself. <br> <br> In his first book to be translated into English, Vioulac radicalizes Heidegger's understanding of truth as disclosure through the notion of truth as apocalypse. This "apocalypse of truth" works as an unveiling that reveals both the finitude and mystery of truth, allowing a full confrontation with truth-as-absence. Engaging with Heidegger, Marx, and St. Paul, as well as contemporary figures including Giorgio Agamben, Alain Badiou, and Slavoj Zizek, Vioulac's book presents a subtle, masterful exposition of his analysis before culminating in a powerful vision of "the abyss of the deity." Here, Vioulac articulates a portrait of Christianity as a religion of mourning, waiting for a god who has already passed by, a form of ever-present eschatology whose end has always already taken place. With a preface by Jean-Luc Marion, Apocalypse of Truth presents a major contemporary French thinker to English-speaking audiences for the first time.<br> <br>
Item Description:	Translated from the French.
Physical Description:	xvii, 191 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780226766737 022676673X 9780226766874