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Must a philosophy of life be materialist, and if so, must it also
be a philosophy of immanence? In the last twenty years or so there
has been a growing trend in continental thought and philosophy and
critical theory that has seen a return to the category of
immanence. Through consideration of the work of thinkers such as
Giorgio Agamben, Catherine Malabou, Francois Laruelle, Gilles
Deleuze and others, this collection aims to examine the interplay
between the concepts of immanence, materialism and life,
particularly as this interplay can highlight new directions for
political inquiry. Furthermore, critical reflection on this
constellation of concepts could also be instructive for continental
philosophy of religion, in which ideas about the divine,
embodiment, sexual difference, desire, creation and incarnation are
refigured in provocative new ways. The way of immanence, however,
is not without its dangers. Indeed, it may be that with its
affirmation something of importance is lost to material life. Could
it be that the integrity of material things requires a transcendent
origin? Precisely what are the metaphysical, political and
theological consequences of pursuing a philosophy of immanence in
relation to a philosophy of life? This book was originally
published as a special issue of Angelaki: Journal of the
Theoretical Humanities.
Must a philosophy of life be materialist, and if so, must it also
be a philosophy of immanence? In the last twenty years or so there
has been a growing trend in continental thought and philosophy and
critical theory that has seen a return to the category of
immanence. Through consideration of the work of thinkers such as
Giorgio Agamben, Catherine Malabou, Francois Laruelle, Gilles
Deleuze and others, this collection aims to examine the interplay
between the concepts of immanence, materialism and life,
particularly as this interplay can highlight new directions for
political inquiry. Furthermore, critical reflection on this
constellation of concepts could also be instructive for continental
philosophy of religion, in which ideas about the divine,
embodiment, sexual difference, desire, creation and incarnation are
refigured in provocative new ways. The way of immanence, however,
is not without its dangers. Indeed, it may be that with its
affirmation something of importance is lost to material life. Could
it be that the integrity of material things requires a transcendent
origin? Precisely what are the metaphysical, political and
theological consequences of pursuing a philosophy of immanence in
relation to a philosophy of life? This book was originally
published as a special issue of Angelaki: Journal of the
Theoretical Humanities.
Catalyzed by Sylvia Wynter’s questioning of modern/colonial
descriptions of the human person, the essays in Beyond the Doctrine
of Man interrogate the problem of these definitions of the human
person and take up the struggle to decolonize and unsettle such
descriptions. Contributors: Rufus Burnett Jr., M. Shawn Copeland,
Yomaira C. Figueroa, Patrice Haynes, Xhercis Méndez, Andrew
Prevot, Mayra Rivera, Linn Marie Tonstad, Alexander G. Weheliye
Catalyzed by Sylvia Wynter's questioning of modern/colonial
descriptions of the human person, the essays in Beyond the Doctrine
of Man interrogate the problem of these definitions of the human
person and take up the struggle to decolonize and unsettle such
descriptions. Contributors: Rufus Burnett Jr., M. Shawn Copeland,
Yomaira C. Figueroa, Patrice Haynes, Xhercis Mendez, Andrew Prevot,
Mayra Rivera, Linn Marie Tonstad, Alexander G. Weheliye
Over the last twenty years materialist thinkers in the continental
tradition have increasingly emphasized the category of immanence.
Yet the turn to immanence has not meant the wholesale rejection of
the concept of transcendence, but rather its reconfiguration in
immanent or materialist terms: an immanent transcendence. Through
an engagement with the work of Deleuze, Irigaray and Adorno,
Patrice Haynes examines how the notion of immanent transcendence
can help articulate a non-reductive materialism by which to rethink
politics, ethics and theology in exciting new ways. However, she
argues that contrary to what some might expect, immanent accounts
of matter and transcendence are ultimately unable to do justice to
material finitude. Indeed, Haynes concludes by suggesting that a
theistic understanding of divine transcendence offers ways to
affirm fully material immanence, thus pointing towards the idea of
a theological materialism.
Over the last twenty years materialist thinkers in the continental
tradition have increasingly emphasized the category of immanence.
Yet the turn to immanence has not meant the wholesale rejection of
the concept of transcendence, but rather its reconfiguration in
immanent or materialist terms: an immanent transcendence. Through
an engagement with the work of Deleuze, Irigaray and Adorno,
Patrice Haynes examines how the notion of immanent transcendence
can help articulate a non-reductive materialism by which to rethink
politics, ethics and theology in exciting new ways. However, she
argues that contrary to what some might expect, immanent accounts
of matter and transcendence are ultimately unable to do justice to
material finitude. Indeed, Haynes concludes by suggesting that a
theistic understanding of divine transcendence offers ways to
affirm fully material immanence, thus pointing towards the idea of
a theological materialism.
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