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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-neg...

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Main Author: Styfhals, Willem, 1988- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press : Cornell University Library, 2019
Series:Signale (Ithaca, N.Y.)
Subjects:
Philosophy, German > 20th century.
Gnosticism.
Germany > Intellectual life > 20th century.
Philosophie allemande > 20e siècle.
Gnosticisme.
Allemagne > Vie intellectuelle > 20e siècle.
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > Modern.
Gnosticism
Intellectual life
Philosophy, German
Germany
1900-1999
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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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'"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 294 pages).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:9781501731020
1501731017
9781501731013
1501731025