Hermeneutical Reflections on Death and the Afterlife
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Just as philosophy has traditionally been considered a means of dealing with death, so too can death offer interpretive insights into philosophical discourse and broader socio-cultural phenomena.
This collection consists of both theoretical and practical essays. The theoretical essays explore how various philosophers have been influenced by the hermeneutic potential of death and the afterlife, while the practical essays consider how this reflective framework can illuminate contemporary phenomena, from expressions in fiction to religious traditions. These phenomena are not merely subjects to be interpreted, but frameworks through which religious, philosophical, cultural, and socio-political questions can be considered in a new light.
These contributions address such topics as human extinction, aesthetic representations of the afterlife, personal reflections on near death experiences, secular death acceptance and the science of life extension, the interpretation of capitalism, and reincarnation. The featured contributors also draw on the work of thinkers such as Gianni Vattimo, Karl Marx, Wilhelm Dilthey, Jan Patocka, Michel Foucault, and Édouard Glissant. The combination of theoretical and practical approaches, as well as its interdisciplinary scope and novel methodological approach, center this volume as essential reading for those interested in philosophical, literary, and social understandings of death and the afterlife.
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Table of Contents
Part I
1. Hell and the Second Death: Reflections in Contemporary Fears of Failure, Isolation, and Annihilation, Yannick Marszalek (Heidelberg University, Germany)
2. The Barza?i Condition: A Hermeneutic for Contemporary Hybridity, Mohammad Mahdi Fallah (Allameh Tabataba'i University, Iran)
3. This is the Afterlife: Reflections on the Hermeneutics of Reincarnation, J. Jeremy Wisnewski (Hartwick College, New York, USA)
4. Rereading Dilthey as a Philosopher of Life and Death, Christopher R. Myers (Fordham University, New York, USA)
5. Into the Labyrinth: On Death and Experience as Politics, Guilel Treiber (Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands)
6. Correctly Misreading the Afterlife. Revelatory Unveilings of Philosophical 'Unthoughts', Kristof K.P. Vanhoutte (University of the Free State, South Africa)
7. The Hauntology of Slavery: Unspeakable Things Unspoken, Nicolas de Warren (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
8. “Have Hope, All Ye Who Enter Here!”: Journeys to the Afterlife as Philosophical Thought Experiments, Philippe Bürgin (State University of Fine Arts Stuttgart, Germany)
Part II
9. “Not even Capable of Thinking Death Through”: On Human Extinction, Alberto Giovanni Biuso (University of Catania, Italy) & Sarah Dierna (University of Catania, Italy)
10. The Paradox of Secular Death Acceptance, Ingemar Patrick Linden (Geneva College of Longevity Science, Switzerland)
11. Property Zombies: On the Perils of Using Bequests to Secure Posthumous Legacy, Michael Cholbi (University of Edinburgh, Scotland)
12. “Not Dead”: The After-life of Weak Thought and the Real-world Politics of Annotation, Mike Grimshaw (University for Canterbury, New Zealand)
13. Personal and Hermeneutical Reflections on the Afterlife, Marc Calmeyn (KU Leuven, Kortrijk, Belgium) and Carina Dobbelaere (Academy of Fine Arts, Knokke-Heist, Belgium)
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| Published | 21 Jan 2027 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 304 |
| ISBN | 9798216438663 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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