Description
Drawing primarily on the work of Alain Badiou and Jean-Luc Nancy, plus Quentin Meillassoux and Slavoj Zizek, Watkin explores the theme of atheism through the ideas of the death of God and nihilism, and probes the limits of any 'atheistic politics'. He argues that rigorous atheism is elusive, and that Continental thought, even in its most stridently atheistic guises, has yet fully come to terms with the death of God.
Author: Christopher Watkin
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 03/10/2013
Pages: 296
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9780748677269
ISBN10: 0748677267
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Political Ideologies | Democracy
- Philosophy | Movements | Deconstruction
- Philosophy | Metaphysics
About the Author
Christopher Watkin is Senior Lecturer in French Studies at the Monash University