On the Absence and Unknowability of God: Heidegger and the Areopagite
Christos Yannaras, Andrew Louth (intro.), Haralambos Ventis (transl.)
This book, one of the earliest by Christos Yannaras, was first published in 1967 and has become a contemporary classic. Yannaras begins by outlining Heidegger's analysis of the fate of western metaphysics, which ends, he argues, in a nihilistic atheism. Yannaras's response is largely to accept Heidegger's analysis, but to argue that, although it applies to the western tradition of what Heidegger calls onto-theology (which regards God as a 'being', even if the highest), it does not take account of the Orthodox tradition of apophatic theology, of which Dionysius the Areopagite is a pre-eminent example. A God 'beyond being' escapes the criticism of Heidegger, and provides an alternative to Heidegger's nihilistic conclusion.
Année:
2007
Editeur::
Bloomsbury T&T Clark
Langue:
english
Pages:
144
ISBN 10:
0567045323
ISBN 13:
9780567045324
Fichier:
PDF, 33.85 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2007