{"product_id":"another-finitude-messianic-vitalism-and-philosophy-9781350225176","title":"Another Finitude: Messianic Vitalism and Philosophy","description":"\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAgata Bielik-Robson\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Nottingham, UK and at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology at the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, Poland. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eJewish Cryptotheologies of Late Modernity: Philosophical Marranos\u003c\/i\u003e (2014).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50377916154130,"sku":"9781350225176","price":51.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_df8d0466-e4e7-494d-b663-fdbce08371ad.jpg?v=1728635799","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/another-finitude-messianic-vitalism-and-philosophy-9781350225176","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}