Titel
The Self-Evidence of Illusion
Alternative Truth by Schelling and the Gospel of Mark 16:1–8
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Abstract
The question of verity in our day’s discourses within society, culture and religion challenges philosophy in the face of fake news, manipulations and the virtual. This paper addresses, via an exploration of the later philosophy of F.W.J. Schelling and the Gospel of Mark, whether the illusionary of history ought to be recognised as a form of truth. In his “Positive Philosophy”, Schelling claims that history is characterised by a loss of meaning that cannot be compensated for by philosophy, morality and sciences, and which is caused by a thinking-mode of “presentness”, that knows no true past and future. As a contrast, he proposes the “illusion” of eschatological-utopian thinking, as paradigmatically laid down in the biblical idea of kenosis. The Gospel of Mark also refers to the traumatic character of history, and in its final chapter imparts the notion of a possible counter-history.
Stichwort
SchellingGospel of Markpositive philosophyeschatologycounter-historyalternative truth
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Sprache
Englisch [eng]
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Titel
Interdisciplinary Journal for Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society
Band
8
Ausgabe
1
ISSN
2365-3140
Erscheinungsdatum
2022
Seitenanfang
108
Seitenende
132
Publication
Brill Deutschland GmbH
Erscheinungsdatum
2022
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