Philosophical Myths of the Fall »

Stephen Mulhall is Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at New College, Oxford. His recent books include "On Film and Inheritance" and "Originality: Wittgenstein, Heidegger, Kierkegaard".

"This book is extremely intelligent, genuinely original, and very well written. Mulhall's suggestion that Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Wittgenstein 'want to preserve a recognizable version of the Christian conception of human nature' is very intriguing indeed, and he develops it splendidly."--Richard Rorty, Stanford University, author of Philosophy and Social Hope

Thomas Hibbs - First Things

Mulhall's re-opening of issues of fall and redemption is not so much a re-construction of a specific answer as it is a re-articulation of the germane questions and a re-thinking of possible responses. Mulhall simultaneously puts into question the adequacy of the philosophical myths and raises the prospect of reconsidering the Christian account.