The Voiding of Being

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The Doing and Undoing of Metaphysics in Modernity

William Desmond

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The Catholic University of America Press
31 October 2025

Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology

Series: Studies in Philosophy and the History of Philosophy

In contemporary philosophy the status, indeed the very viability of metaphysics is a much contested issue. The reflections offered here explore diverse aspects of this contested status and offer a defence of metaphysics. In other works, perhaps most fully in Being and the Between, William Desmond has tried to develop what he calls a metaxological metaphysics in response to different skeptical, if not hostile approaches to metaphysics quite common in our time. The Voiding of Being complements the systematic dimensions of this metaxological metaphysics outlined in Being and the Between. It presents a set of studies which amplify important themes in the unfolding of modern metaphysics, in relation to major earlier and contemporary thinkers, while adding nuance to what is involved in the more systematic articulation of a metaxological metaphysics. There is what the author calls a voiding of being in modernity, expressed in diverse developments of thought. ""The Voiding of Being,"" might seem to conjure up too negative associations but the aim of the thoughts gathered here is not at all negative. While attempting to understand the voiding of being in modern thought, our appreciation of the promise of metaphysical thinking can also be renewed and indeed extended – extended beyond skepticism and hostility to metaphysics. Desmond engages many interlocutors along the way, from the long tradition, such as Heraclitus, Aquinas and Hegel, as well as more contemporary thinkers like Heidegger and Marion. As the book’s subtitle suggests, it is concerned with the continued doing of metaphysics and not only the contemporary

undoing of it.

By: William Desmond
Imprint: The Catholic University of America Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9780813240527
ISBN 10: 0813240522
Series: Studies in Philosophy and the History of Philosophy
Pages: 312
Publication Date: 31 October 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

William Desmond is David Cook Chair in Philosophy, Villanova University, Thomas A. F. Kelly Visiting Professor of Philosophy, Maynooth University, Ireland and Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven, Belgium.

Reviews for The Voiding of Being: The Doing and Undoing of Metaphysics in Modernity

""William Desmond is a leading figure in contemporary continental thought, especially in the areas of metaphysics and philosophy of religion... The Voiding of Being is a striking volume, one that will especially interest those who have, like Desmond, been struck by the writings of Gabriel Marcel."" - Marcel Studies ""I would heartily recommend this book for anyone who takes seriously metaphysics and the role that it plays in contemporary philosophy."" - Thomist