"The Beauty of the Infinite" is a splendid extended essay in
btheological aesthetics.b David Bentley Hart here meditates on the
power of a Christian understanding of beauty and sublimity to rise
above the violence -- both philosophical and literal --
characteristic of the postmodern world.
The book begins by tracing the shifting use and nature of
metaphysics in the thought of Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Heidegger,
Lyotard, Derrida, Deleuze, Nancy, Levinas, and others. Hart pays
special attention to Nietzschebs famous narrative of the bwill to
powerb -- a narrative largely adopted by the world today -- and he
offers an engaging revision (though not rejection) of the genealogy
of nihilism, thereby highlighting the significant binterruptionb
that Christian thought introduced into the history of
metaphysics.
This discussion sets the stage for a retrieval of the classic
Christian account of beauty and sublimity, and of the relation of
both to the question of being. Written in the form of a "dogmatica
minora," this main section of the book offers a pointed reading of
the Christian story in four moments, or parts: Trinity, creation,
salvation, and eschaton. Through a combination of narrative and
argument throughout, Hart ends up demonstrating the power of
Christian metaphysics not only to withstand the critiques of modern
and postmodern thought but also to move well beyond them.
Strikingly original and deeply rewarding, "The Beauty of the
Infinite" is both a constructively critical account of the history
of metaphysics and a compelling contribution to it.
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