Non-philosophical mystique and the rehabilitation of heresis
Eleni Lorandou
Labyrinth September 20, 2018 DOI: 10.25180/lj.v20i1.117 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that Laruelle's non-philosophical mystique is born of heresy rather than sanctity, joins Man with himself rather than God, and makes Man a Christ-subject emptied of identity who fights for the World. The author contends that this mystique ends in amorous knowledge, an erotic a priori constitutive of the mystical subject, transfiguring heretical mystical and erotic experience into unison with oneself as unique Other. |
Abstract
In the second part of the Triptych, Mystique non-philosophique à l'usage des contemporains, François Laruelle puts to the test of "non-philosophy" the field of phenomena that are termed as "religious" whether Christian, Judaic or Gnostic. Non-philosophical mystique is born in the spirit of heresy rather than sanctity. It springs from the effort to join Man with himself rather than with God founding the radical cause of the new Logos in the One-in-One. Man is emptied from his identity, becomes a Christ-subject who comes to fight for the World. Future mystique ends as the amorous knowledge, an erotic a priori constitutive of the mystical subject: it is not an illusory transformation of Man or a revision of his relation to God or the World. The final aim – as I will try to show – is to transfigure the heretical experience, mystical as well as erotic of the human such as it becomes capable of a form of unison with itself as unique Other.