Overview
Demonstrate Kierkegaard’s familiarity with and genuine interest in Pascal’s philosophy
Discover how they both formulate an “antiphilosophy” (Badiou) which introduce doubt in Christian faith
Invite -scholars and students- to tease out the connections of this “antiphilosophy of christianity” with contemporary debates in continental philosophy of religion
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
Keywords
- Antiphilosophical writing and subjectivity
- Badiou’s Antiphilosophy
- Grace above all else
- In defense of weak antitheology
- Jansenist critique of pure reason
- Reloading immanence
- The Christian event according to Pascal and Kierkegaard
- The infinite negativity of irony
- Faith and God
- christianity and philosophy
- existentialism
About this book
This text presents and addresses the philosophical movement of antiphilosophy working thru the texts of Christian thinkers such as Pascal and Kierkegaard. The author as influenced by Alain Badiou, portrays these Christian thinkers as of a subjective dimension negating the possibility of an objective quest for truth.
The claim here is that antiphilosophy is abundant in the eyes of these two thinkers who frame the thought event as represented by Christianity, ultimately resigning itself to more or less the opposite of philosophy itself. Readers will discover why philosophical reason should never be convinced by that which denies its very authority.
Subjecting faith to the perils of philosophical analysis, confronting the philosophical tradition with the truth of the Christian faith, and occupying the space between the two: such are the challenges facing an antiphilosophy of Christianity.
This text will appeal to researchers and students working in continental philosophy, philosophy of religion and those in religious studies who want to investigate the links between Christianity and antiphilosophy.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Ghislain Deslandes is Full Professor at ESCP Business School (Paris Campus) where he teaches Philosophy, Management and Communication. His research has been published in journals like Etudes, Hermès, Journal of Business Ethics, Organization, Organization Studies or Rue Descartes. His books include Essai sur les données philosophiques du management (PUF, 2013), Critique de la condition managériale (PUF, 2016) and Court traité sur la recherche d’une première vérité (Ovadia, 2020). He was also a Program Director at the Collège International de Philosophie (CIPh) from 2013 to 2019.
1997 Professor and Academic Director of MS Media at ESCP BS
2008 Creates the course "Management of cultural and media industries" at ESCP BS
2011 International Teaching Program, Kellogg School of management (Northwestern University)
2012 Accreditation to supervise doctoral research (HDR), Paris Dauphine University
2014 Essai sur les données philosophiques du management (PUF). Fnege/EFMD prize for best essay.
2015 Creates the course "Humanities and Management" at ESCP BS
2016 Critique de la condition managériale (PUF)
2017 Member of the board of directors of the Société des Amis de Port-Royal
2020 Court traité sur la recherche d’une première vérité (Ovadia)
2021 Antiphilosophy of Christianity (Springer)
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Antiphilosophy of Christianity
Authors: Ghislain Deslandes
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73283-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-73282-0Published: 23 May 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-73285-1Published: 24 May 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-73283-7Published: 22 May 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 147
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Continental Philosophy, Christianity, Philosophy of Religion, Existentialism, History of Philosophy