William C. (Chris) Hackett
William C. Hackett is a philosopher, novelist and translator.
He researches contemporary French philosophy, phenomenology, comparative philosophy and religion, the relation of theology and philosophy, the question of metaphysical non-dualism in monotheism, negative theology, narrative understanding and theory, and late antique Neoplatonism as well as in its modern renaissance, particularly in France.
Past Academic Affiliations:
> Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, Belmont University (2017-2020)
> Research Fellow/Lecturer, Faculty of Theology and Philosophy, Australian Catholic University (2012-2017)
>Visiting Scholar, Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard Divinity School (2016)
>Visiting Scholar, Department of Philosophy, Boston College (2016)
>Member, Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Faculty of Theology and Philosophy, Australian Catholic University (2012-2017)
>Ancien pensionnaire étranger, Ecole normale supérieure (rue d'Ulm)
>PhD, The University of Virginia, Department of Religious Studies (2011)
>Visiting research or teaching affiliations with Institut catholique de Paris, University of Notre Dame (Department of Theology), Nassa Theological College (Tanzania), Institut mémoires de l'édition contemporaine.
Address: Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology
200 Hill Drive
Saint Meinrad, IN 47577
He researches contemporary French philosophy, phenomenology, comparative philosophy and religion, the relation of theology and philosophy, the question of metaphysical non-dualism in monotheism, negative theology, narrative understanding and theory, and late antique Neoplatonism as well as in its modern renaissance, particularly in France.
Past Academic Affiliations:
> Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, Belmont University (2017-2020)
> Research Fellow/Lecturer, Faculty of Theology and Philosophy, Australian Catholic University (2012-2017)
>Visiting Scholar, Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard Divinity School (2016)
>Visiting Scholar, Department of Philosophy, Boston College (2016)
>Member, Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Faculty of Theology and Philosophy, Australian Catholic University (2012-2017)
>Ancien pensionnaire étranger, Ecole normale supérieure (rue d'Ulm)
>PhD, The University of Virginia, Department of Religious Studies (2011)
>Visiting research or teaching affiliations with Institut catholique de Paris, University of Notre Dame (Department of Theology), Nassa Theological College (Tanzania), Institut mémoires de l'édition contemporaine.
Address: Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology
200 Hill Drive
Saint Meinrad, IN 47577
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In Manuscript. . . by William C. (Chris) Hackett
Contents
Outline of the Argument
First Division
Introduction. Three Regards on a Philosophy of the Word
First Regard. A Typology
Second Regard. Language, Constitutive before Instrumental
Third Regard. Spiritual Exercises
Second Division
First Meditation. On A Last Thing. The Burden of Thought
Response. Myth and Metaphysics
Third Division
Comments on Three Difficulties in the History of Philosophy
On Husserl. God in Crisis
On Pseudo-Aristotle (and St. Paul). God’s “Straight Path”
On Nietzsche. Eschatology as A Priori
Categorical Reflection. Staking Out an Operational Position
Fourth Division
Eschatology and the Last Word
Eclipse of the World
The Defining Eclipse of Modernity: Eschatology and Secularity
Eclipse of Nothing: Returning to a Dead Concept
Fifth Division
Final Meditation. On a Last Thing. Release of the Burden
Response. Eclipse of the Word: St. John of the Cross and the Bhagavad-Gita
Fiction by William C. (Chris) Hackett
Academic Books by William C. (Chris) Hackett
Table of Contents
First Words
Leading Sketch: An Initial Classification
I. Myth
Study 1. Word: Political theology. Name: Antoine Arjakovsky
Study 2. Words: Transcendence. Mythography. Synecdoche. Name: John Milbank
II. Wisdom
Study 3. Words: Sacra doctrina. Sapientia. Similitudine. Name: Thomas Aquinas
Study 4. Words: Philosophy. Theology. Name: Friedrich Schelling
III. Apocalypse
Study 5. Words: Eschatologicity. Conditionlessness. Names: Jean-Luc Marion, Jean-Yves Lacoste
Study 6. Words: Jnana. Scientia. Names: Thomas Aquinas, Sankara
Closing Sketch: A Final Classification
A Last Word: Gnôsis
Postscript: Exegetical Fragments A and B: On Myth and Logic and On Plato’s Cave and Christ’s
Acknowledgments
TRANSLATIONS (Books) by William C. (Chris) Hackett
Articles by William C. (Chris) Hackett
Contents
Outline of the Argument
First Division
Introduction. Three Regards on a Philosophy of the Word
First Regard. A Typology
Second Regard. Language, Constitutive before Instrumental
Third Regard. Spiritual Exercises
Second Division
First Meditation. On A Last Thing. The Burden of Thought
Response. Myth and Metaphysics
Third Division
Comments on Three Difficulties in the History of Philosophy
On Husserl. God in Crisis
On Pseudo-Aristotle (and St. Paul). God’s “Straight Path”
On Nietzsche. Eschatology as A Priori
Categorical Reflection. Staking Out an Operational Position
Fourth Division
Eschatology and the Last Word
Eclipse of the World
The Defining Eclipse of Modernity: Eschatology and Secularity
Eclipse of Nothing: Returning to a Dead Concept
Fifth Division
Final Meditation. On a Last Thing. Release of the Burden
Response. Eclipse of the Word: St. John of the Cross and the Bhagavad-Gita
Table of Contents
First Words
Leading Sketch: An Initial Classification
I. Myth
Study 1. Word: Political theology. Name: Antoine Arjakovsky
Study 2. Words: Transcendence. Mythography. Synecdoche. Name: John Milbank
II. Wisdom
Study 3. Words: Sacra doctrina. Sapientia. Similitudine. Name: Thomas Aquinas
Study 4. Words: Philosophy. Theology. Name: Friedrich Schelling
III. Apocalypse
Study 5. Words: Eschatologicity. Conditionlessness. Names: Jean-Luc Marion, Jean-Yves Lacoste
Study 6. Words: Jnana. Scientia. Names: Thomas Aquinas, Sankara
Closing Sketch: A Final Classification
A Last Word: Gnôsis
Postscript: Exegetical Fragments A and B: On Myth and Logic and On Plato’s Cave and Christ’s
Acknowledgments
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