Apocalypse of Truth
Apocalypse of Truth We inhabit a time of crisis--totalitarianism, environmental collapse, and the unquestioned rule of neoliberal capitalism. This "apocalypse of truth" works as an unveiling that…
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Apocalypse of Truth
We inhabit a time of crisis--totalitarianism, environmental collapse, and the unquestioned rule of neoliberal capitalism. This "apocalypse of truth" works as an unveiling that reveals both the finitude and mystery of truth, allowing a full confrontation with truth-as-absence. Philosopher Jean Vioulac is invested in and worried by all of this, but his main concern lies with how these phenomena all represent a crisis within--and a threat to--thinking itself.In his first book to be translated into English, Vioulac radicalizes Heidegger's understanding of truth as disclosure through the notion of truth as apocalypse.
Paul, as well as contemporary figures including Giorgio Agamben, Alain Badiou, and Slavoj Zizek, Vioulac's book presents a subtle, masterful exposition of his analysis before culminating in a powerful vision of "the abyss of the Engaging with Heidegger, Marx, and St.