No Spiritual Investment in the World : Gnosticism and Postwar German Philosophy /
"This book presents an intellectual history of Gnosticism in postwar German philosophy: Jacob Taubes, Hans Blumenberg, Eric Voegelin, Hans Jonas, Gershom Scholem, and Odo Marquard and their interpretations of the relation between Gnosticism and modernity. Recognizing Gnosticism's world-neg...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Ithaca, NY :
Cornell University Library,
2019
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Summary: | "This book presents an intellectual history of Gnosticism in postwar German philosophy: Jacob Taubes, Hans Blumenberg, Eric Voegelin, Hans Jonas, Gershom Scholem, and Odo Marquard and their interpretations of the relation between Gnosticism and modernity. Recognizing Gnosticism's world-negation in modernity's rejection of spiritual meaning, they claimed to have 'no spiritual investment in the world as it is'"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (306 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9781501731013 |
| Access: | Open Access |