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After God (Paperback)
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After God (Paperback)
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In his Critique of Cynical Reason, Peter Sloterdijk pursued an
enlightenment of the Enlightenment in both its beginnings and the
present. After God is dedicated to the theological enlightenment of
theology. It ranges from the period when gods reigned, through the
rule of the world-creator god to reveries about the godlike power
of artificial intelligence. The path of this self-enlightening
theology, which is carried out here by a non-theologian, must begin
well before Nietzsche's declaration of the death of God, and it
must move beyond this dictum to explore the present and the future.
Since the early 20th century we have seen how the metaphysical
twilight of the gods, which has preoccupied philosophers and
theologians, has been accompanied by an earthly twilight of the
souls. The emergence of psychoanalysis, and more recently the
development of the neuro-cognitive sciences, have secularized the
old Indo-European concept of the soul and transferred many
accomplishments of the human mind to computerized machines. What
remains of the eternal light of the soul after the artificial
lights have been turned on? Have the inventors of AI thrust
themselves into the position vacated by the death of god? Perhaps
the distinction between God and idols will soon re-emerge here for
the citizens of modernity, only this time in a technological and
political register. For them, theological enlightenment - which is
completely different from an instinctive rejection of religion -
will be a fateful task. This new work by one of the most original
thinkers today will appeal to students and scholars across the
humanities and social sciences, as well as anyone interested in
religion, philosophy and critical theory today.
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