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4. A PROPHET OF THE IMPOSSIBLE: BATAILLE’S MYSTICAL TURN AND CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments xi
- List of Abbreviations xiii
- INTRODUCTION: PHILOSOPHY’S “TURN TO RELIGION” AND SECULARITIES BEYOND SECULARISM 1
- 1. DIFFERENT WORLDS: WEBER, HEIDEGGER, AND THE MEANING OF LIFE 29
- 2. PHILOSOPHIZING WITH RELIGION: SECULAR REENCHANTMENT IN THE EARLY HEIDEGGER 56
- 3. EXCENDENCE AND HETEROLOGY: RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR IN INTERWAR PARIS 86
- 4. A PROPHET OF THE IMPOSSIBLE: BATAILLE’S MYSTICAL TURN AND CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION 117
- 5. THE SACRALITY OF THE SECULAR: ON THE HISTORY AND END OF PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION 157
- CONCLUSION: CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES—THREE EXAMPLES 187
- Notes 209
- Bibliography 237
- Index 247
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments xi
- List of Abbreviations xiii
- INTRODUCTION: PHILOSOPHY’S “TURN TO RELIGION” AND SECULARITIES BEYOND SECULARISM 1
- 1. DIFFERENT WORLDS: WEBER, HEIDEGGER, AND THE MEANING OF LIFE 29
- 2. PHILOSOPHIZING WITH RELIGION: SECULAR REENCHANTMENT IN THE EARLY HEIDEGGER 56
- 3. EXCENDENCE AND HETEROLOGY: RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR IN INTERWAR PARIS 86
- 4. A PROPHET OF THE IMPOSSIBLE: BATAILLE’S MYSTICAL TURN AND CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION 117
- 5. THE SACRALITY OF THE SECULAR: ON THE HISTORY AND END OF PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION 157
- CONCLUSION: CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES—THREE EXAMPLES 187
- Notes 209
- Bibliography 237
- Index 247