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Todd McGowan & Peter Rollins: Hegel & Radical Christianity

Jul 28, 2023
Todd McGowan and Peter Rollins discuss the radicalization of Hegel through Christianity, exploring topics such as contradiction, dialectics, political action, love, loss, lack, and liturgical practices. They also touch on the influence of Todd's book on the community, examining Christian values in political figures and the concept of the death and return of God.
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Quick takeaways

  • The embrace of Christianity radicalizes Hegel and enables him to theorize its radicality.
  • Love involves a disruption of the self and the shared bond of structuring absence.

Deep dives

The Embrace of Christianity and Hegel's Philosophy

Todd McGowan's book on Hegel explores how the embrace of Christianity radicalizes Hegel as a thinker and enables him to theorize the radicality of Christianity.

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