The Self-Evidence of Illusion. Alternative Truth by Schelling and the Gospel of Mark 16:1-8

Autor(en)

Kurt Appel

Abstrakt

The question of verity in our day’s discourses within society, culture and religion challenges philosophy in the face of fake news, manipulations and the virtual. This paper addresses, via an exploration of the later philosophy of F.W.J. Schelling and the Gospel of Mark, whether the illusionary of history ought to be recognised as a form of truth. In his “Positive Philosophy”, Schelling claims that history is characterised by a loss of meaning that cannot be compensated for by philosophy, morality and sciences, and which is caused by a thinking-mode of “presentness”, that knows no true past and future. As a contrast, he proposes the “illusion” of eschatological-utopian thinking, as paradigmatically laid down in the biblical idea of kenosis. The Gospel of Mark also refers to the traumatic character of history, and in its final chapter imparts the notion of a possible counter-history.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Systematische Theologie und Ethik, Forschungszentrum Religion and Transformation

Journal

Interdisciplinary Journal for Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society

Band

8

Seiten

108-132

Anzahl der Seiten

25

ISSN

2365-3140

DOI

https://doi.org/10.30965/23642807-bja10038

Publikationsdatum

2022

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

603206 Fundamentaltheologie

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Religious studies, Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/the-selfevidence-of-illusion-alternative-truth-by-schelling-and-the-gospel-of-mark-1618(cd0eb777-8034-412e-9769-b4df9eacb38b).html