Christ in Postmodern Philosophy : Gianni Vattimo, Rene Girard, and Slavoj Zizek (Paperback)

Introduction: The Question of Christology after the Death of God 1. Gianni Vattimo 1.1. The Background of Vattimo's Christology: How the Return of Religion Became Possible (Nietzsche, Heidegger)1.2. Vattimo's Christology: Kenosis and Caritas 2. Slavoj Zizek 2.1. The Background of Zizek's Christology: Reading Hegel's Christology with Lacan 2.2. Zizek's Christology 2.2.1. The Deadlock of the Sacrificial Interpretation of Christ's Death on the Cross 2.2.2. From God as 'Wholly Other Thing' to God as 'Barely Nothing' 2.2.3. The Coming of Christ, the Death of the Divine Thing 2.2.4. The Crucified Christ, the Ultimate objet petit a 3. Rene Girard 3.1. The Background of Girard's Christology: Mimesis and the Scapegoating Mechanism 3.2. Girard's Christology 3.2.1. Girard's Account of the Christ Event 3.2.2. Girard vs. Nietzsche: Dionysus and the Crucified One - on the impact of the Christ Event in World History 4. Evaluations & Confrontations 4.1. Vattimo's Christology, a Return of 'God Is Dead'-Theology 4.2. Girard vs. Vattimo 4.3. The Shared Inspiration of Zizek and Girard 4.4. The Fate of Transcendence in the Work of Zizek 4.5. Girard vs. Zizek 4.6. General Conclusion: On the Transcendence of Love and the Uniqueness of Christianity