Contemporary French Philosophy Reconsidered from the Perspective of Gnostic Dualism

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25770010
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Philosophy/Ethics
• Research Institution: The University of Kitakyushu
• Principal Investigator: IBARAGI Daisuke 北九州市立大学, 基盤教育センター, 准教授 (30511654)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: グノーシス / 現象学 / フランス哲学 / 二元論 / 宗教哲学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project examined the implicit dualistic tendencies of contemporary French phenomenology, especially Emmanuel Levinas and Michel Henry, and compared their thoughts with the anti-cosmic dualism devised by ancient Gnostic thinkers. From this point of view, we succeeded in showing that the French phenomenological thoughts after what is called the "theological turn" can be linked to other French thoughts (S. Weil, G. Bataille, S. Petrement, etc.) in many respects.

Free Research Field

哲学・倫理学