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No spiritual investment in the world : gnosticism and postwar German philosophy /

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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...

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Main Author: Styfhals, Willem, 1988- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press : Cornell University Library, [2019]
Series:Signale (Ithaca, N.Y.)
Subjects:
Philosophy, German > 20th century.
Gnosticism.
Germany > Intellectual life > 20th century.
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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.'
Item Description:"A Signale book."
Physical Description:x, 294 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [267]-279) and index.
ISBN:9781501730993
1501730991
9781501731006
1501731009