A lack of meaning
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8239083 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anne Sauka (0000-0002-3743-0413, University of Latvia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2020-10-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Approaching Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1799-3121 • E-ISSN: 1799-3121 |
| Publisher | Approaching Religion (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.30664/ar.91788 |
| OpenAlex | W3097810626 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 12 |
This article explores the ‘lack of meaning’ in contemporary society as a consequence of Western dualist thought paradigms and ontologies, via Gilles Deleuze’s concept of ‘reactive nihilism’ following the colloquial murder of God. The article then explores processual and new materialist approaches in the understanding of the lived and carnal self, arguing for immanent and senseful materiality as an ethical platform for religious, environmental, and societal solidarity for tomorrow. For the theoretical justification of the processual approach in understanding the enfleshed self, the article employs John Dupré’s processual approach in the philosophy of biology, as well as Astrida Neimani’s critical posthumanism, and contextualizes these considerations with Erich Fromm’s ethical distinction of being and having
Aesthetics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Materialism · Materiality (auditing · Meaning (existential · Nihilism · Politics · Posthumanism · Sociology · Solidarity · Law · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism · Psychoanalysis, Philosophy, and Politics · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |