{"product_id":"the-intimate-strangeness-of-being-william-desmond-9780813219608","title":"The Intimate Strangeness of Being: Metaphysics After Dialectic","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book explores the contested place of metaphysics since Kant and Hegel, arguing for a renewed metaphysical thinking about the intimate strangeness of being. There is a mysterious strangeness to being at all, and yet there is also something intimate. Without the intimacy, argues William Desmond, we become strangers in being; without the mystery, we take being for granted. The book locates the origin of metaphysics' contested place in recessed equivocations in Kantian critique and Hegelian dialectic, equivocations that keep from view the more original sources of metaphysical thinking. It takes issue with contemporary claims about the \"overcoming of metaphysics\" associated with Heidegger, the \"deconstruction of metaphysics\" associated with Derrida, as well as with claims that a new \"post-metaphysical thinking\" is necessary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book begins with an exploration of the status of metaphysics in light of equivocations in Hegelian dialectic. It then offers an assessment of metaphysics in light of critique and deconstruction. Finally, it proposes an affirmative rethinking of the constant perplexities of being in terms of a metaxological metaphysics. This metaphysics involves a thinking of the between (metaxu ) that characterizes Desmond's singular approach, and that he also has distinctively developed in his other works. Addressing the problematic state of metaphysics in recent centuries, this metaxological metaphysics tries to be true to both the strange mystery and the intimacy, to be faithful to the constant perplexities of being, and to recuperate appreciatively some of the rich resources of the longer philosophical tradition. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Desmond is currently professor of philosophy at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven as well as David Cook Visiting Chair at Villanova University. He is the author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eBeing and the Between\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Prix Cardinal Mercier and the J.N. Findlay Award for best book in metaphysics, 1995-1997); \u003ci\u003eIs There a Sabbath for Thought?: Between Religion and Philosophy;\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGod and the Between.\u003c\/i\u003e He has also edited five books and published more than 80 articles. He is past president of the Hegel Society of America, the Metaphysical Society of America, and the American Catholic Philosophical Association. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePRAISE FOR THE BOOK\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book is an important marker on William Desmond's remarkable and stimulating philosophical journey. It is a nuanced and forceful defence of the metaphysical as a fundamental mode of human experience and expression.\" \u003ci\u003e--American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Desmond\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813219604\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813219608\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Catholic University of America Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/10\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.40w x 1.30d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Desmond","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065173815551,"sku":"9780813219608","price":69.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_20b6a37b-1c86-48f2-be59-046b1bee6710.jpg?v=1768673477","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-intimate-strangeness-of-being-william-desmond-9780813219608","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}