Experiments in Mystical Atheism: Godless Epiphanies from Daoism to Spinoza and B

<b>A new approach to the theism-scientism divide rooted in a deeper form of atheism.</b> <p/> Western philosophy is stuck in an irresolvable conflict between two approaches to the spiritual malaise of our times: either we need <i>more </i>God (the "turn to religion") or <i>less </i>religion (the New Atheism). In this book, Brook Ziporyn proposes an alternative that avoids both totalizing theomania and atomizing reductionism. What we need, he argues, is a deeper, more thoroughgoing, even <i>religious </i>rejection of God: an affirmative atheism without either a creator to provide meaning or finite creatures in need of it--a mystical atheism. <p/> In the legacies of Daoism and Buddhism as well as Spinoza, Nietzsche, and Bataille, Ziporyn discovers a critique of theism that develops into a new, positive sensibility--at once deeply atheist and richly religious. <i>Experiments in Mystical Atheism</i> argues that these "godless epiphanies" hold the key to renewing philosophy today.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Brook Ziporyn<br><b>Publisher:</b> University of Chicago Press<br><b>Published:</b> 10/30/2024<br><b>Pages:</b> 400<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 1.34lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.93d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780226835266<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>Library Journal</i> 12/13/2024 pg. 1