The Mystical Sources of Existentialist Thought

Being, Nothingness, Love

George Pattison, Kate Kirkpatrick (University of Oxford, UK)

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Routledge
30 June 2020

Phenomenology & Existentialism; Philosophy of religion; Mysticism

Series: Contemporary Theological Explorations in Mysticism

At the time when existentialism was a dominant intellectual and cultural force, a number of commentators observed that some of the language of existential philosophy, not least its interpretation of human existence in terms of nothingness, evoked the language of so-called mystical writers. This book takes on this observation and explores the evidence for the influence of mysticism on the philosophy of existentialism.

It begins by delving into definitions of mysticism and existentialism, and then traces the elements of mysticism present in German and French thought during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The book goes on to make original contributions to the study of figures including Kierkegaard, Buber, Heidegger, Beauvoir, Sartre, Marcel, Camus, Weil, Bataille, Berdyaev, and Tillich, linking their existentialist philosophy back to some of the key concerns of the mystical tradition.

Providing a unique insight into how these two areas have overlapped and interacted, this study is vital reading for any academic with an interest in twentieth-century philosophy, theology and religious studies.

By: George Pattison, Kate Kirkpatrick (University of Oxford, UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367582319
ISBN 10: 0367582317
Series: Contemporary Theological Explorations in Mysticism
Pages: 228
Publication Date: 30 June 2020
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 1 Kierkegaard: Annihilation in Love 2 Buber and Heidegger: In Search of Ur-Experience 3 Blondel to Bergson: Mysticism and French Philosophy 4 Beauvoir and Sartre: Love and Value in the Phenomenal World 5 Marcel and Camus: Mystery and the Affirmation of the Absurd 6 Weil and Bataille: Mystic Exemplars? 7 Berdyaev: A Mysticism of Freedom 8 Tillich: From Being to Love Conclusion

George Pattison is 1640 Professor of Divinity at the University of Glasgow, UK, and formerly Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford. He has published widely in the areas of modern theology and philosophy of religion, including Anxious Angels: A Retrospective View of Religious Existentialism (1999), The Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to the Later Heidegger (2000), Kierkegaard and the Quest for Unambiguous Life (2012), and is co-editor of the Oxford Handbook of Theology and Modern European Thought (2013). Kate Kirkpatrick is Lecturer in Religion, Philosophy, and Culture at King’s College London, UK. She is the author of Sartre and Theology (2017), Sartre on Sin: Between Being and Nothingness (2017), and Becoming Beauvoir: A Life (2019). She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.