Humanism, Antitheodicism, and the Critique of Meaning in Pragmatist Philosophy of Religion
Seiten
2023
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic (Verlag)
978-1-6669-2627-9 (ISBN)
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic (Verlag)
978-1-6669-2627-9 (ISBN)
Arguing, humanistically, that we live in a "human world" inescapably colored by meaning, this book shows why the pursuit of meaningfulness is not ethically innocent but must be subjected to critique. Pragmatist critique of meaning both embraces critical humanism and rejects theodicies postulating ultimate meaning in suffering.
Humanism, Antitheodicism, and the Critique of Meaning in Pragmatist Philosophy of Religion develops a distinctive approach to pragmatist philosophy of religion, and more generally to pragmatist investigations of the human search for meaning, by emphasizing what may be considered two closely interrelated main features of this tradition: humanism and antitheodicism. Humanism here emphasizes the need to focus on religion as a human practice within human concerns of meaningfulness and significance, as distinguished from any metaphysical search for cosmic meaning. Antitheodicism, in turn, stands for the refusal to accept any justification, divine or secular, for the experiences of meaninglessness that individuals undergoing horrendous suffering may have. Developing a critical form of pragmatism emphasizing these ideas, Sami Pihlström explores the relations between pragmatism and analytic philosophy in the philosophy of religion, especially regarding the question of religious meaning, as well as the significance of literature for philosophy of religion, with particular emphasis on William James's pragmatism.
Humanism, Antitheodicism, and the Critique of Meaning in Pragmatist Philosophy of Religion develops a distinctive approach to pragmatist philosophy of religion, and more generally to pragmatist investigations of the human search for meaning, by emphasizing what may be considered two closely interrelated main features of this tradition: humanism and antitheodicism. Humanism here emphasizes the need to focus on religion as a human practice within human concerns of meaningfulness and significance, as distinguished from any metaphysical search for cosmic meaning. Antitheodicism, in turn, stands for the refusal to accept any justification, divine or secular, for the experiences of meaninglessness that individuals undergoing horrendous suffering may have. Developing a critical form of pragmatism emphasizing these ideas, Sami Pihlström explores the relations between pragmatism and analytic philosophy in the philosophy of religion, especially regarding the question of religious meaning, as well as the significance of literature for philosophy of religion, with particular emphasis on William James's pragmatism.
Sami Pihlström is professor of philosophy of religion at the University of Helsinki.
Introduction
Chapter 1: A Pragmatist Perspective on the Philosophy of Religion
Chapter 2: Meaning, Metaphysics, and Humanism: Between Pragmatism and Analytic Philosophy of Religion
Chapter 3: The Plurality of Pluralisms in William James
Chapter 4: A Poetic Pragmatism? Some Literary Voices in (and after) James’s Humanistic Philosophy of Religion
Chapter 5: The Problem of Suffering, (Secular) Theodicies, and Humanistic Antitheodicism
Chapter 6: Natural and Transcendental Illusions in Kantian-Pragmatist Philosophical Anthropology
Chapter 7: Losing (One’s) Religion?
Conclusion: Our Tragic Search for Meaning
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.03.2023 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | American Philosophy Series |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 157 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 513 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-6669-2627-2 / 1666926272 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-6669-2627-9 / 9781666926279 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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