ヴァッティモと神の死

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