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Description: An Atheism that Is Not Humanist Emerges in French Thought by Stefanos Geroulanos This book seeks to explain the critiques of humanism and the "negative" philosophical anthropologies that dominated mid-century philosophy and traces the appearance of a new, non-humanist atheism in twentieth-century French thought. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description French philosophy changed dramatically in the second quarter of the twentieth century. In the wake of World War I and, later, the Nazi and Soviet disasters, major philosophers such as Kojeve, Levinas, Heidegger, Koyre, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, and Hyppolite argued that man could no longer fill the void left by the "death of God" without also calling up the worst in human history and denigrating the dignity of the human subject. In response, they contributed to a new belief that man should no longer be viewed as the basis for existence, thought, and ethics; rather, human nature became dependent on other concepts and structures, including Being, language, thought, and culture. This argument, which was to be paramount for existentialism and structuralism, came to dominate postwar thought. This intellectual history of these developments argues that at their heart lay a new atheism that rejected humanism as insufficient and ultimately violent. Author Biography Stefanos Geroulanos is Assistant Professor of Modern European Intellectual History at New York University. Review "An Atheism That is Not Humanist Emerges in French Thought examines a complex series of debates in mid-twentieth century French philosophy that culminates in the rise of antihumanism during the 1960s. The book is a rich and sophisticated intellectual history, offering food for thought for the specialist and non-specialist alike... Geroulanos argues convincingly that French antihumanism is rooted in the historical onset of this crisis during the pre-war period, in what separates the twentieth century from the nineteenth, and that an archaeology of antihumanism is utterly necessary if we wish to understand the present age." - Ryan Coyne, International Journal for Philosophy of Religion "Focusing on a narrow period, roughly 1930 to 1954, and proceeding as an investigation into the emergence of antihumanism as a cultural figure in the overlapping spheres of philosophy, literature, theology, and politics, the book augurs a sea change in our historical approach to French intellectual currents ... Geroulanos has irrevocably upended the conventional genealogy of the field." - Knox Peden, History and Theory "[T]he approach Geroulanos takes - putting atheism at the center of things - leads to insights ... Geroulanos pays subtle respect to a range of intellectual positions and demonstrates the extreme complexity of the conversations, and the fierce disappointment that animated them." - American Historical Review "This book introduces a terrifically learned new intellectual historian who has provided a strikingly novel and philosophically interesting genealogy of the antihumanism that most observers associate with too recent an era of thought. Of interest to anyone concerned with the the rich traditions of Continental philosophy, Stefanos Geroulanoss investigation gives the French scene in the 1930s its due, with neglected figures, new departures, and influential breakthroughs that still challenge the temptation to make the humanity of man the basis of reflection." - Samuel Moyn, Columbia University "All too frequently anti-humanism serves as a mere slogan or a term of abuse. This broad-ranging and original new study of the anti-humanist movement in twentieth-century French thought helps us to comprehend the deeper complexities of this theme across numerous domains--philosophical, literary, religious, and political. Resisting facile judgment and alive to paradox, Geroulanoss book unsettles, reframes, and provokes at every turn. A work of true consequence by a compelling new voice in European intellectual history." - Peter E. Gordon, Harvard University Long Description French philosophy changed dramatically in the second quarter of the twentieth century. In the wake of World War I and, later, the Nazi and Soviet disasters, major philosophers such as Koj Review Quote "This book introduces a terrifically learned new intellectual historian who has provided a strikingly novel and philosophically interesting genealogy of the antihumanism that most observers associate with too recent an era of thought. Of interest to anyone concerned with the the rich traditions of Continental philosophy, Stefanos Geroulanoss investigation gives the French scene in the 1930s its due, with neglected figures, new departures, and influential breakthroughs that still challenge the temptation to make the humanity of man the basis of reflection." Details ISBN0804762988 Author Stefanos Geroulanos Short Title ATHEISM THAT IS NOT HUMANIST E Publisher Stanford University Press Language English ISBN-10 0804762988 ISBN-13 9780804762984 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 2010 Imprint Stanford University Press Place of Publication Palo Alto Country of Publication United States DEWEY 128.09/04 Residence US Birth 1979 Publication Date 2010-03-08 Illustrations black & white illustrations Subtitle Gift, Money, and Philosophy UK Release Date 2010-03-08 AU Release Date 2010-03-08 NZ Release Date 2010-03-08 US Release Date 2010-03-08 Pages 448 Series Cultural Memory in the Present Alternative 9780804762991 Audience Undergraduate We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159799058;

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