Antiphilosophy of Christianity

This text presents and addresses the philosophical movement of antiphilosophy working thru the texts of Christian thinkers such as Pascal and Kierkegaard.  The author as influenced by Alain Badiou, portrays these Christian thinkers as of a subjective dimension negating the possibility of an objective quest for truth.  

The claim here is that antiphilosophy is abundant in the eyes of these two thinkers who frame the thought event as represented by Christianity, ultimately resigning itself to more or less the opposite of philosophy itself. Readers will discover why philosophical reason should never be convinced by that which denies its very authority.

Subjecting faith to the perils of philosophical analysis, confronting the philosophical tradition with the truth of the Christian faith, and occupying the space between the two: such are the challenges facing an antiphilosophy of Christianity.

This text will appeal to researchers and students working in continental philosophy, philosophy of religion and those in religious studies who want to investigate the links between Christianity and antiphilosophy.  

Introduction: the Pascal of the North, the French Kierkegaard.- Chapter 1. Mocking philosophy.- Chapter 2. Risk reveals the truth.- Chapter 3. Listen to God.- Chapter 4. Contemporary connections.- Bibliography.

Ghislain Deslandes is Full Professor at ESCP Business School (Paris Campus) where he teaches Philosophy, Management and Communication. His research has been published in journals like Etudes, Hermès, Journal of Business Ethics, Organization, Organization Studies or Rue Descartes. His books include Essai sur les données philosophiques du management (PUF, 2013), Critique de la condition managériale (PUF, 2016) and Court traité sur la recherche d’une première vérité (Ovadia, 2020). He was also a Program Director at the Collège International de Philosophie (CIPh) from 2013 to 2019.

1997 Professor and Academic Director of MS Media at ESCP BS

2008 Creates the course "Management of cultural and media industries" at ESCP BS

2011 International Teaching Program, Kellogg School of management (Northwestern University)

2012 Accreditation to supervise doctoral research (HDR), Paris Dauphine University

2014 Essai sur les données philosophiques du management (PUF). Fnege/EFMD prize for best essay.

2015 Creates the course "Humanities and Management" at ESCP BS

2016 Critique de la condition managériale (PUF)

2017 Member of the board of directors of the Société des Amis de Port-Royal

2020 Court traité sur la recherche d’une première vérité (Ovadia)

2021 Antiphilosophy of Christianity (Springer)