ヴァッティモと神の死

http://www.minerva.mic.ul.ie/Vol%2015/Altizer%20and%20Vattimo%20.pdf

Matthew E Harris
Gianni Vattimo and Thomas J. J. Altizer on
the Incarnation and the Death of God: a C
omparison 
Matthew E Harris
Abstract
Gianni Vattimo, the Italian Postmodern philosopher, has an understanding of the ‘Death of God’ that has drawn
comparisons with the
‘death of God’ theological movement from the 1960s, particularly the work of Thomas J.
J. Altizer on the subject. The influence of Nietzsche on both authors and their use of the Christian term ‘
kenosis’
(the self
-
emptying of God in the incarnation) invite
such a comparison. However, this article draws all the points
of comparison between the two authors on this subject together before showing how and in what ways Vattimo
differs from Altizer’s thoughts on the death of God. I will argue that Altizer’s relian
ce on Hegelian thought
marks him out as different to Vattimo, particularly due to the latter’s Heideggerian influence. I will then show
why it is wrong to think, as some commentators have done, that Vattimo is also a