Apocalypse of Truth
Heideggerian Meditations
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Apocalypse of Truth
Heideggerian Meditations
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.
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 Žižek, 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.
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 Žižek, 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.
208 pages | 6 x 9 | © 2021
Philosophy: General Philosophy, History and Classic Works, Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Society
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Table of Contents
Preface
Translator’s Note
Chapter 1. Clarifications
Chapter 2. From the Equal to the Same
Chapter 3. Truth and Its Destiny
Chapter 4. Apocalypse and Truth
Chapter 5. On the Edge of the Abyss
Chapter 6. Abyss of the Deity
Epilogue
Notes
List of Primary Sources
Index
Jean-Luc Marion
Translator’s Note
Matthew J. Peterson
Chapter 1. Clarifications
§1. Clairvoyance, Evidence, Lucidity
§2. Sufficiency and Faultiness
§3. History and Determination: Destiny
§4. Language and Community
§2. Sufficiency and Faultiness
§3. History and Determination: Destiny
§4. Language and Community
Chapter 2. From the Equal to the Same
§5. Machination
§6. Cyberspace
§7. Equalization
§8. Equalization and Appropriation
§6. Cyberspace
§7. Equalization
§8. Equalization and Appropriation
Chapter 3. Truth and Its Destiny
§9. Ontology and Truth
§10. Abyss and Mystery
§11. Origin and Beginning
§12. Decay of Truth
§13. Safeguard of Truth
§14. Teleology and Eschatology
§10. Abyss and Mystery
§11. Origin and Beginning
§12. Decay of Truth
§13. Safeguard of Truth
§14. Teleology and Eschatology
Chapter 4. Apocalypse and Truth
§15. The Concept of Apocalypse
§16. Pauline Thought of the Apocalypse
§17. The Apocalyptic Regrounding of Truth
§16. Pauline Thought of the Apocalypse
§17. The Apocalyptic Regrounding of Truth
Chapter 5. On the Edge of the Abyss
§18. Apocalypse of the West
§19. Poetics of Truth
§19. Poetics of Truth
Chapter 6. Abyss of the Deity
§20. The Name of the Prophet
§21. The Death of God
§22. Friedrich Hölderlin
§23. The Last God
§21. The Death of God
§22. Friedrich Hölderlin
§23. The Last God
“Only a god can still save us”
Meister Eckhart
The Adieu
Meister Eckhart
The Adieu
Epilogue
Notes
List of Primary Sources
Index
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