"What matters is not so much that i ek is endorsing a demythologized, disenchanted Christianity without transcendence, as that he is offering in the end (despite what he sometimes claims) a heterodox version of Christian belief."--John Milbank"To put it even more bluntly, my claim is that it is Milbank who is effectively guilty of heterodoxy, ultimately of a regression to paganism: in my atheism, I am more Christian than Milbank."--Slavoj i ekIn this corner, philosopher Slavoj i ek, a militant atheist who represents the critical-materialist stance against religion's illusions; in the other corner, "Radical Orthodox" theologian John Milbank, an influential and provocative thinker who argues that theology is the only foundation upon which knowledge, politics, and ethics can stand. In The Monstrosity of Christ, i ek and Milbank go head to head for three rounds, employing an impressive arsenal of moves to advance their positions and press their respective advantages. By the closing bell, they have not only proven themselves worthy adversaries, they have shown that faith and reason are not simply and intractably opposed. i ek has long been interested in the emancipatory potential offered by Christian theology. And Milbank, seeing global capitalism as the new century's greatest ethical challenge, has pushed his own ontology in more political and materialist directions. Their debate in The Monstrosity of Christ concerns the future of religion, secularity, and political hope in light of a monsterful event--God becoming human. For the first time since i ek's turn toward theology, we have a true debate between an atheist and a theologian about the very meaning of theology, Christ, the Church, the Holy Ghost, Universality, and the foundations of logic. The result goes far beyond the popularized atheist/theist point/counterpoint of recent books by Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, and others. i ek begins, and Milbank answers, countering dialectics with "paradox." The debate centers on the nature of and relation between paradox and parallax, between analogy and dialectics, between transcendent glory and liberation. Slavoj i ek is a philosopher and cultural critic. He has published over thirty books, including Looking Awry, The Puppet and the Dwarf, and The Parallax View (these three published by the MIT Press). John Milbank is an influential Christian theologian and the author of Theology and Social Theory: Beyond Secular Reason and other books. Creston Davis, who conceived of this encounter, studied under both i ek and Milbank.
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评分天呐,这本书简直是文字的狂欢,或者说,是一场精心编排的语言的迷宫。作者对于词汇的掌控力达到了出神入化的地步,他似乎能从最不起眼的日常用语中榨取出全新的、令人颤栗的意义。叙事结构是极其碎片化的,像打碎的彩色玻璃,你需要自己努力去拼凑出那幅完整的、却依然扭曲的图景。这种阅读体验是极其耗费精力的,每一个逗号、每一个长句的停顿,都似乎蕴含着深层的密码。初读时,我完全迷失在了他那汪洋恣肆的意象之中,感觉自己像是在一片浓雾里徒步,只能依靠微弱的、转瞬即逝的逻辑火花来导航。然而,一旦你适应了这种节奏,你会发现其中蕴含着一种狂野的、近乎原始的生命力。它不是在告诉你一个故事,而是在构建一个可以让你全身心沉浸进去的、高度风格化的宇宙。读完之后,我感觉我的词汇量暴涨,但同时,对清晰、直接的沟通产生了强烈的疏离感。这绝对不是给那些追求快速结论的读者准备的。
评分从纯粹的美学角度来看,这本书达到了令人发指的极致。作者的句法结构充满了古典主义的严谨,却又被一种前卫的、近乎超现实主义的想象力所扭曲。它的节奏是缓慢而沉着的,仿佛一艘巨大的、古老的船只,在没有风暴的海面上缓慢航行,但船体内部的每一个齿轮都在以令人不安的频率运转着。这种缓慢的推进,却酝酿出巨大的张力。我尤其喜爱它对环境的细致描绘,那些建筑物、街道、甚至光线,都被赋予了强烈的象征意义,它们不再是背景,而是参与到角色命运中的沉默角色。它成功地营造了一种“熟悉中的陌生感”,你感觉你理解这个世界的基础设定,但当你深入其中,就会发现所有的参照系都被微妙地错位了。阅读它,更像是在参与一个漫长而庄严的仪式,需要极大的专注力和敬畏心。读完后,我有一种强烈的冲动去重读一遍,不是为了理解情节,而是为了重新体验那种被精心构造的美学震撼。这无疑是一部需要被细细品味的作品,不适合任何形式的快餐式阅读。
评分这本书,我得说,简直是一次精神上的过山车。它以一种近乎病态的精准度,剖析了现代社会中个体被异化的过程。作者的笔触冷静得出奇,像是在一个无菌实验室里观察着人类情感的腐烂。我尤其佩服他如何构建场景,那种压抑感,仿佛空气本身都带着铁锈的味道,让人喘不过气来。他没有给我们任何廉价的安慰,而是将那些藏在日常表象之下的、令人不安的真相赤裸裸地呈现在眼前。读到一半的时候,我甚至需要停下来,去做点别的事情来清洗一下我的感官,因为那种渗透进骨子里的荒谬感实在太难以承受了。这不是一本“好读”的书,它更像是一种挑战,挑战你对自身处境的认知极限。每一个段落都像是一把手术刀,精准地切开了社会的肌理,展示了那些令人不适的结构性缺陷。我很久没有遇到过如此令人不安却又无法抗拒的作品了。它让你在合上书本后,看世界的眼神都变得有些不同,带上了一层挥之不去的阴影。这本书的价值,或许就在于它强迫你直视那些你更愿意逃避的角落。
评分这是一部对“权威”概念进行彻底解构的杰作。作者没有采用传统的批判模式,而是通过一系列近乎荒诞的、不断升级的权力循环,展示了制度如何蚕食个体的自由意志。书中描绘的那些层级结构,其逻辑之严密,反而凸显出其根基的虚无缥缈。我尤其欣赏他如何处理“信息控制”这一主题——信息不是被简单地隐藏起来,而是被无限量地、以一种互相矛盾的方式倾泻出来,最终导致接受者彻底丧失辨别真伪的能力。这种“信息过载导致麻木”的描写,精准地抓住了我们这个时代的核心焦虑。整本书读下来,我产生了一种强烈的、想要推翻一切既有规则的冲动,尽管这冲动在现实中是如此的不切实际。它成功地在我的脑海中种下了一颗怀疑的种子,让我开始审视那些我过去视为理所当然的社会契约。这本书的重量,不在于它提供了答案,而在于它让所有已知的答案都显得无比沉重且可疑。
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