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-negation in m...

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Autor principal: Styfhals, Willem, 1988- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Lenguaje:inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Library, 2019
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Sumario:"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'"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (306 pages).
ISBN:9781501731013
Acceso:Open Access