Atheism Revisited: Rethinking Modernity and Inventing New Modes of Life
1. Introduction to Atheism -- 2. Modernity and Secularism -- 3. Early Modern European Atheism with Chinese Characteristics – First Jesuit Descriptions of Neo-Confucianism and their Spinozist Reception -- 4. Beyond the enmity: the mechanization of nature and the moderate political atheism -- 5. Heide...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2020
Cham Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan 2020 |
| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. 2020. |
| Series/Journal: | Springer eBook Collection
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Atheism
/ Secularism
/ Religious change
/ Religious policy
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| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Modern Philosophy B Religion and sociology B Atheism B Psychology and religion B Political Philosophy B Civilization, Modern B History B Religion—Philosophy B Religion And Politics B Secularism |
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| Summary: | 1. Introduction to Atheism -- 2. Modernity and Secularism -- 3. Early Modern European Atheism with Chinese Characteristics – First Jesuit Descriptions of Neo-Confucianism and their Spinozist Reception -- 4. Beyond the enmity: the mechanization of nature and the moderate political atheism -- 5. Heidegger on Technics, Power, and the Planetary -- 6. Political Significance of Atheism. Karl Marx’ Idea of the “Positive Abolition of Religion” -- 7. Nietzsche, Saint Paul and the Will of Life -- 8. “We Are Still Pious”. Nietzsche and the Hard Problem of Atheism -- 9. The Visible Absence of Color: Herman Melville’s Troubled Atheism -- 10. Philosophical ‘Fundamentalism’ Today. On Return Statements: The Return of Religion in Contemporary Philosophy -- 11. New (and old) atheism(s) reconsidered -- 12. Reason Is Not Winning: A Proposed Blueprint for Moving Forward -- 13. From Atheism of the Concept Towards Atheism Without the Concept -- 14. Towards a Coalition of the Reasonable: Beyond Atheism v Religion. Atheism Revisited is a collection of essays that explore the multifaceted nature of atheism. Starting from the notion that today’s atheism is shaped by the defining processes of Modernity—such as secularization and the breakup of science, philosophy, and theology—the first part of the book undertakes a thorough scrutiny of Modern atheisms, from Spinoza and Hobbes to Marx and Nietzsche. The second part of the book seeks to draw practical conclusions from this scrutiny and answer the questions: what is the state of atheism today? What is the role of an atheist in a world affected by religious fundamentalisms? What should the relationship between atheists and religious people look like? The wide scope of the book allows readers to see atheism as a central concern of many intellectual movements, from Marxism and French Theory to post-secularism and the reevaluation of Modernity, and to understand atheism as a focal point of the most important contemporary philosophical debates. |
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| ISBN: | 3030343685 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-34368-2 |