Challenging the absolute Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Europe's struggle against fundamentalism / Simon F. Oliai.

Author/creator Oliai, Simon F.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLanham, Maryland : University Press of America, Inc., [2015]
Descriptionxvi, 153 pages ; 24 cm
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Contents The inevitably endless introduction -- The use and the danger of Heidegger for contemporary thought. On the contemporary pertinence of Heidegger's philosophical questioning -- Safeguarding "being" [crossed out] from its fundamentalist self-persecution -- Nietzsche, Heidegger, and the historical destiny of "European" thought. Nietzsche on the art of resistance to onto-theology -- On "be-coming European today" -- Heidegger on the promise of art at the twilight of philosophy -- On "Europe's" endless struggle against "fundamentalisms". On Europe's enlightening example -- Thinking the essence of neo-fundamentalism -- Only a "god-artist" can save us : religion as the "European" art of safeguarding the earth with others.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 137-153).
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2014953813
ISBN0761865152
ISBN9780761865155

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