tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8979166661192739181.post1785600834437068718..comments2023-05-02T05:25:57.287-07:00Comments on I Want a Third Pill: Natural Law/Aquinas...Why Not Hegel?Bros. Jimenezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16035420428602853416noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8979166661192739181.post-52412856772491188252011-04-22T16:06:31.750-07:002011-04-22T16:06:31.750-07:00Harris,
Those are interesting points (actually th...Harris,<br /><br />Those are interesting points (actually they seem to be the main points of the certain Continental turn). I find the Spinoza/Hegel/Deleuze/Negri mode of monism/pure immanence real intriguing but like Ken Surin recently wrote-how can that view fit with Christianity? Answer is that it cannot.<br /><br />Part of my attraction to Hegel is his connection to Zizek's work and then his view of taking history seriously. Zizek is my guilty pleasure! Via Zizek and others there does seem to be a return to Hegel that might open a way outside of Thomism to do theology.<br /><br />Yeah, I have read through the De Nys book before and reviewing as of late. It is a pretty good rundown of his thought. I would have loved to hear the lecture. I would also love to read your paper on Hegel. I also am probably a Kierkegaardian at heart (along with Barth).Bros. Jimenezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16035420428602853416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8979166661192739181.post-84565316023797418962011-04-21T12:45:47.158-07:002011-04-21T12:45:47.158-07:00Michael,
Have you read Martin De Nys's Hegel ...Michael,<br /><br />Have you read Martin De Nys's Hegel and Theology book with Continuum? He recently came to LMU and gave a paper on Hegel. I talked with him a little after his paper. He knows Hegel as good as any Hegel scholar out there, and he takes seriously Barth's view towards Hegel. Though I claim to be a Kierkegaardian, which sort of immediately puts me at odds with Hegel, I wrote a paper on Hegel's God and Transcedence in which I give a close reading of his Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion. I think Hegel was trying to be as faithful as a monist can be to Christianity. However, I still maintain my reservations: (1) theology/religion is always a step that is to be aufgehoben (sublated), that is both overcome while at the same time being preserved in some way; (2) his monism, like Spinoza's, is problematic because if everything flows from one substance, how can we differentiate that which flows out from the source of the flow. This latter concern is a perpetual Hegel problem.<br /><br />All that said, I do enjoy Hegel. I'm just not sure how far we can go with Hegel and maintain any kind of orthodoxy.<br /><br />Harrisharrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14371757883578823953noreply@blogger.com