TY - JOUR A1 - Sauka, Anne T1 - A lack of meaning? Reactive nihilism and processual materiality T2 - Approaching Religion, Vol. 10 (No. 2, November 2020), pp. 125-140. N2 - This article explores the >lack of meaning< in contemporary society as a consequence of Western dualist thought paradigms and ontologies, via Gilles Deleuze’s concept of >reactivenihilism< following the colloquial murder of God. The article then explores processual and new materialist approaches in the understanding of the lived and carnal self, arguing for immanent and senseful materiality as an ethical platform for religious, environmental, and societal solidarity for tomorrow. For the theoretical justification of the processual approach in understanding the enfleshed self, the article employs John Dupré’s processual approach in the philosophy of biology, as well as Astrida Neimani’s critical posthumanism, and contextualizes these considerations with Erich Fromm’s ethical distinction of being and having. Y1 - 2020 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-Fromm/frontdoor/index/index/docId/36664 ER -