We inhabit a time of crisisvdash;totalitarianism, environmental collapse, and the unquestioned rule of neoliberal capitalism. 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 withinudash;and a threat tondash;thinking itself.
In his first book to be translated into English, Vioulac radicalizes Heideggerrsquo;s understanding of truth as disclosure through the notion of truth as apocalypse. This odquo;apocalypse of truthedquo; works as an unveiling that reveals both the finitude and mystery of truth, allowing a full confrontation with truth-as-absence. Engaging with Heidegger, Marx, and St. Paul, as well as contemporary figures including Giorgio Agamben, Alain Badiou, and Slavoj ?i?ek, Vioulacesquo;s book presents a subtle, masterful exposition of his analysis before culminating in a powerful vision of ldquo;the abyss of the deity.odquo; Here, Vioulac articulates a portrait of Christianity as a religion of mourning, waiting for a god who has already passed by, a form of ever-present eschatology whose end has always already taken place. With a preface by Jean-Luc Marion, Apocalypse of Truth presents a major contemporary French thinker to English-speaking audiences for the first time.
