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No Spiritual Investment In The World: Gnosticism And Postwar German Philosophy (signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, And Thought)
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| Full title: | No Spiritual Investment In The World: Gnosticism And Postwar German Philosophy (signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, And Thought) |
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| ISBN: | 9781501730993 |
| ISBN 10: | 1501730991 |
| Authors: | Styfhals, Willem |
| Publisher: | Cornell University Press |
| Num. pages: | 306 |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Language: | en |
| Published on: | 2019 |
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Synopsis
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'--