Atheism Revisited, 1st ed. 2020 Rethinking Modernity and Inventing New Modes of Life

Atheism Revisited is a collection of essays that explore the multifaceted nature of atheism. Starting from the notion that today?s atheism is shaped by the defining processes of Modernity?such as secularization and the breakup of science, philosophy, and theology?the first part of the book undertakes a thorough scrutiny of Modern atheisms, from Spinoza and Hobbes to Marx and Nietzsche. The second part of the book seeks to draw practical conclusions from this scrutiny and answer the questions: what is the state of atheism today? What is the role of an atheist in a world affected by religious fundamentalisms? What should the relationship between atheists and religious people look like?

 The wide scope of the book allows readers to see atheism as a central concern of many intellectual movements, from Marxism and French Theory to post-secularism and the reevaluation of Modernity, and to understand atheism as a focal point of the most important contemporary philosophical debates.

1.                  Introduction. Szymon Wróbel, Krzysztof Skonieczny – Introduction to Atheism

Part One. Rethinking Modernity

4.                  Ivan Dimitrijević – Beyond the enmity: the mechanization of nature and the moderate political atheism

5.                  Krzysztof Ziarek – Heidegger on Technics, Power, and the Planetary

6.                  Andrzej Gniazdowski – Political Significance of Atheism. Karl Marx’ Idea of the “Positive Abolition of Religion”

7.                  Agata Tymczyszyn – Nietzsche, Saint Paul and the Will of Life

Part Two. Inventing New Modes of Life

10.              Gregg Lambert – Philosophical ‘Fundamentalism’ Today. On Return Statements: The Return of Religion in Contemporary Philosophy (EUP, 2016)

11.              Íñigo Ongay de Felipe – New (and old) atheism(s) reconsidered

12.              H. Chris Ransford – Reason Is Not Winning: A Proposed Blueprint for Moving Forward

13.              Szymon Wróbel – From Atheism of the Concept Towards Atheism Without the Concept

14.              Julian Baggini – Towards a Coalition of the Reasonable: Beyond Atheism v Religion

Szymon Wróbel is a full professor in the Faculty of “Artes Liberales” at the University of Warsaw and the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland.

Krzysztof Skonieczny is an assistant professor in the Faculty of “Artes Liberales” at the University of Warsaw, Poland.

Focuses on the "problem" of atheism

Explores the relationship between atheism and modernity

Investigates contemporary questions related to atheism