Zuidervaart and Dooyeweerd: A Critical Retrieval? A Review Essay of Shattering Silos: Reimagining Knowledge, Politics, and Social Critique by Lambert Zuidervaart

Abstract

In this review essay, I discuss how Lambert Zuidervaart relates to the philosophy of Herman Dooyeweerd in two of his books. He himself calls his work in this regard a critical retrieval. To answer the question as to how far this characterization is justified, we will look at Zuidervaart’s discussion of the religious antithesis and the transcendental critique, his idea of macrostructures and societal evil, and his view of truth and knowledge.