The Death of God articulates the Crucifixion with modern subjectivity together

Evidence

The close affinity of these two subjects appears most vividly in the Hegelian theory of the ‘Death of God’. Starting with the publication of Glauben und Wissen (Faith and Knowledge), the idea of the Death of God revealed its double articulation as both theological and philosophical. On one hand, the Death of God, the event of the Crucifixion, represents one moment within the absolute Idea; on the other hand, the Death of God appears as the truth of human subjectivity, a subjectivity that constitutes the ‘absolute principle of modern philosophy’. In at least one essential aspect, the Hegelian concept of the Death of God is linked with the consideration of a certain condition or state of philosophy (état de la philosophie), namely, that established and realized in the ideas of the Enlightenment: ‘The feeling that God himself is dead (das Gefühl: Gott selbst ist tot) is the sentiment on which the religion of modern times rests.’ — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 757

Categorization

• DEFINE: ‘Death of God’ carries a double articulation: theological event and truth of modern subjectivity, one single concept.
• XREF: connects to: The Death of God is a moment in substance’s becoming-subject; The Death-of-God theme transferred from theology into modern philosophy’s domain.; The theology of God’s death transferred into philosophy’s absolutizing of finitude. — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 784 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• The Death of God is a moment in substance’s becoming-subject #expands (0.85)
• The Death-of-God theme transferred from theology into modern philosophy’s domain. #expands (0.80)
• Hegel positioned modern God’s-death feeling as a moment of the Idea #expands (0.80) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 766
• Speculative philosophy must repeat the historical death of God in thought #expands (0.80)
• The theology of God’s death transferred into philosophy’s absolutizing of finitude. #qualifies (0.75) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 784
• God is both the subject doing the exposition and the subject being constituted #expands (0.75)
• The death of God can be read as God saying farewell to himself #expands (0.75) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 148
• Hegel uniquely read the Death of God as divine self-negation #qualifies (0.75)