{"product_id":"another-finitude-messianic-vitalism-and-philosophy-9781350225176","title":"Another Finitude: Messianic Vitalism and Philosophy","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Agata Bielik-Robson\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Metaphysics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeginning from the notion of finite life, \u003ci\u003eAnother Finitude\u003c\/i\u003e takes this staple subject from post-Heideggerian philosophy and opposes it to the onto-theological concept of infinity, represented by an eternal absolute. Although critical of Heidegger and his definition of finitude as 'being-towards-death', this book does not revert to the ontological idea of infinity secured in the sacred image of immortality. But it also does not want to give up on infinity altogether; the infinite is transposed, so it can become a necessary moment of the finite life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA theological framework for the new elaboration of the concept of finitude is crucial; but instead of following the Lutheran formula, Agata Bielik-Robson turns to the sources of Judaism. Taking inspiration from the Jewish idea of \u003ci\u003etorat hayim\u003c\/i\u003e, the principle of finite life, which found the best expression in the biblical sentence: \u003ci\u003elove strong as death\u003c\/i\u003e; love emerges as the alternative marker of finitude, allowing to us redefine it in an affirmative way. By tracing the avatars of love in the group of 20th-century thinkers, or 'messianic vitalists'-Benjamin, Rosenzweig, Arendt, Derrida, and (deeply revised) Freud-the book attempts to demonstrate the possibility of such affirmation. Love becomes the new 'infinite-in-the-finite'; love in all its forms, from the original libidinal endowment of the human psyche to the last metamorphoses of \u003ci\u003eagape\u003c\/i\u003e, the Greco-Christian divine love.","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45082243104919,"sku":"9781350225176","price":4358.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781350225176.webp?v=1767898050","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/another-finitude-messianic-vitalism-and-philosophy-9781350225176","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}