Idealism after Existentialism

Encounters in Philosophy of Religion

N. N. Trakakis (Australian Catholic University)

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Routledge
26 August 2024

Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900; Phenomenology & Existentialism; Philosophy of religion

Series: Routledge Focus on Philosophy

A century ago the dominant philosophical outlook was not some form of materialism or naturalism, but idealism. However, this way of thinking about reality fell out of favour in the Anglo-American analytic tradition as well as the Continental schools of the twentieth century.

The aim of this book is to restage and reassess the encounter between idealism and contemporary philosophy. The idealist side will be represented by the great figures of the 19th-century post-Kantian tradition in Germany, from Fichte and Schelling to Hegel, followed by the towering Hegelians in Britain led by T. H. Green, F. H. Bradley and Bernard Bosanquet. Their twentieth-century adversaries will be represented by the secular existentialists, especially the famous French trio of Sartre, Beauvoir and Camus, who sought to follow Nietzsche in philosophizing in light of the death of God. And the arena of encounter will be the philosophy of religion—more specifically, questions relating to the nature and existence of God, death and the meaning of life, and the problem of evil. The book argues that the existentialist critique of idealism enables an innovative as well as a more critical and adventurous approach that is sorely needed in philosophy of religion today.

Idealism after Existentialism will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working in the history of ninteenth- and twentieth-century philosophy and philosophy of religion.

By: N. N. Trakakis (Australian Catholic University)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 190g
ISBN: 9781032457710
ISBN 10: 1032457716
Series: Routledge Focus on Philosophy
Pages: 98
Publication Date: 26 August 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

N. N. Trakakis is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the Australian Catholic University. He is the author of The God Beyond Belief (2007) and The End of Philosophy of Religion (2008). He is also the editor of The Problem of Evil: Eight Views in Dialogue (2018) and coeditor, with Graham Oppy, of the five-volume History of Western Philosophy of Religion (2009) and the four-volume Interreligious Philosophical Dialogues (2018).