The foundation of this book is the work of Jean-Luc Marion, who writes at length about the problems of vanity and nihilism and offers an answer in love, specifically Christian love. A complication that arises, however, is that Marion argues that love is absent in the respective responses to nihilism of Friedrich Nietzsche and Martin Heidegger—two figures who play a key role in the development of his thought, and who also have their own notions of love. In Marion, Love, and Nihilism, Matthew C. Kruger explores this series of questions by providing first an overview of the responses to nihilism found in these figures, then a close reading of Marion’s thoughts on the matter before moving to accounts of the concept of love in Nietzsche and Heidegger. The book then finishes with a further critique of Marion’s work, relying on the thought of Nishitani Keiji. Kruger argues that, while Marion correctly identifies an answer in love (as did Heidegger, Nietzsche, and Nishitani, in their own ways), Marion’s thought ends in world-denial and thus fails find a complete answer to nihilism.
By:
Matthew C. Kruger
Imprint: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 23mm
Weight: 562g
ISBN: 9781666959536
ISBN 10: 1666959537
Series: Continental Philosophy and the History of Thought
Pages: 290
Publication Date: 16 December 2024
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction Part I: Nihilism Chapter 1: Nietzsche’s Nihilism(s) Chapter 2: Heidegger’s Nihilism Chapter 3: Nishitani’s Nihilism Chapter 4: Nihilism in Derrida and Gadamer Chapter 5: Will, Nature, and Love Part II: Marion’s Vanity Chapter 6: Vanity in God without Being Chapter 7: Vanity in The Erotic Phenomenon Chapter 8: Nihilism in the later Marion Chapter 9: Love and l’adonné Part III: Marion’s Vanity in dialogue Chapter 10: Marion and Nietzsche: Skepticism, Love, and Will to Power Chapter 11: Marion and Heidegger: Being, Love, and Cultural Movements Chapter 12: Marion and Nishitani: Love, Nothing, and World Conclusion: Love, Nihilism, and the Surrender of the Self
Matthew C. Kruger is associate professor in the theology department at Boston College.
