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Christo-Fiction: The Ruins of Athens and Jerusalem
François Laruelle
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Description for Christo-Fiction: The Ruins of Athens and Jerusalem
Hardback. Translator(s): Mackay, Robin. Series: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 166 x 29. Weight in Grams: 544.
Francois Laruelle's lifelong project of "nonphilosophy," or "nonstandard philosophy," thinks past the theoretical limits of Western philosophy to realize new relations between religion, science, politics, and art. In Christo-Fiction Laruelle targets the rigid, self-sustaining arguments of metaphysics, rooted in Judaic and Greek thought, and the radical potential of Christ, whose "crossing" disrupts their circular discourse. Laruelle's Christ is not the authoritative figure conjured by academic theology, the Apostles, or the Catholic Church. He is the embodiment of generic man, founder of a science of humans, and the herald of a gnostic messianism that calls forth an immanent faith. Explicitly inserting ... Read more
Francois Laruelle's lifelong project of "nonphilosophy," or "nonstandard philosophy," thinks past the theoretical limits of Western philosophy to realize new relations between religion, science, politics, and art. In Christo-Fiction Laruelle targets the rigid, self-sustaining arguments of metaphysics, rooted in Judaic and Greek thought, and the radical potential of Christ, whose "crossing" disrupts their circular discourse. Laruelle's Christ is not the authoritative figure conjured by academic theology, the Apostles, or the Catholic Church. He is the embodiment of generic man, founder of a science of humans, and the herald of a gnostic messianism that calls forth an immanent faith. Explicitly inserting ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
Series
Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231167246
SKU
V9780231167246
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About François Laruelle
Francois Laruelle is emeritus professor at the University of Paris Ouest, Nanterre la Defense (Paris X), and a lecturer at the College International de Philosophie. He is the author of more than twenty works of philosophy, including Principles of Non-Philosophy, Philosophies of Difference, Future Christ, and The Concept of Non-Photography. Robin Mackay is a philosopher and editor and publisher ... Read more
Reviews for Christo-Fiction: The Ruins of Athens and Jerusalem
It is no exaggeration to say that the contribution of Francois Laruelle's entire opus and of Christo-Fiction in particular will be historic. The importance of this latest work stems not only from the momentum of the emergence of a 'Laruellian epoch' in philosophy but also from the fact that this is the first work where he reconciles the two great ... Read more