Radical Romanticism: postmodern polytheism in Richard Rorty and John Milbank

This article discusses the turn to polytheism in postmodern theory. In postmodernism, there is a strong interest in polytheism as an alternative to the much-criticized dominance of onto-theology in the philosophical tradition. The article argues that the new polytheism cannot be unequivocally unders...

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Main Author: Prosman, Henk-Jan 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis [2020]
In: International journal of philosophy and theology
Year: 2020, Volume: 81, Issue: 1, Pages: 18-35
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Polytheism / Romance / The Postmodern
RelBib Classification:NAB Fundamental theology
TJ Modern history
TK Recent history
Further subjects:B Radical Orthodoxy
B Polytheism
B Romanticism
B postmodern theory
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