0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Theology

Buy Now

The Re-enchantment of the World - Art versus Religion (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,318
Discovery Miles 23 180
The Re-enchantment of the World - Art versus Religion (Hardcover): Gordon Graham

The Re-enchantment of the World - Art versus Religion (Hardcover)

Gordon Graham

 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R2,318 Discovery Miles 23 180 | Repayment Terms: R217 pm x 12*

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

The Re-enchantment of the World is a philosophical exploration of the role of art and religion as sources of meaning in an increasingly material world dominated by science. Gordon Graham takes as his starting point Max Weber's idea that contemporary Western culture is marked by a "disenchantment of the world"--the loss of spiritual value in the wake of religion's decline and the triumph of the physical and biological sciences. Relating themes in Hegel, Nietzsche, Schleiermacher, Schopenhauer, and Gadamer to topics in contemporary philosophy of the arts, Graham explores the idea that art, now freed from its previous service to religion, has the potential to re-enchant the world. In so doing, he develops an argument that draws on the strengths of both "analytical" and "continental" traditions of philosophical reflection.
The opening chapter examines ways in which human lives can be made meaningful as a background to the debates surrounding secularization and secularism. Subsequent chapters are devoted to painting, literature, music, architecture, and festival with special attention given to Surrealism, 19th-century fiction, James Joyce, the music of J. S. Bach and the operas of Wagner. Graham concludes that that only religion properly so called can "enchant the world," and that modern art's ambition to do so fails.

General

Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: November 2007
First published: October 2007
Authors: Gordon Graham
Dimensions: 222 x 144 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 210
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-926596-1
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > Theory of art
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > Philosophy of religion > General
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Theology > General
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Theology > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > Philosophy of religion > General
Promotions
LSN: 0-19-926596-8
Barcode: 9780199265961

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

You might also like..

Razi - Master of Quranic Interpretation…
Tariq Jaffer Hardcover R3,110 Discovery Miles 31 100
Jewish Theology Unbound
James A. Diamond Hardcover R4,559 Discovery Miles 45 590
Animals and World Religions
Lisa Kemmerer Hardcover R4,363 Discovery Miles 43 630
Created Equal - How the Bible Broke with…
Joshua A. Berman Hardcover R2,070 Discovery Miles 20 700
The Resurrection - An Interdisciplinary…
Stephen T. Davis, Daniel Kendall, … Hardcover R2,573 Discovery Miles 25 730
The Metaphysics of Creation - Aquinas's…
Norman Kretzmann Hardcover R5,647 Discovery Miles 56 470
The Protestant-Jewish Conundrum…
Jonathan Frankel, Ezra Mendelsohn Hardcover R2,569 Discovery Miles 25 690
Questions Jews Ask - Reconstructionist…
Mordecai Kaplan Hardcover R2,058 Discovery Miles 20 580
Modern Russian Theology - Ortholdox…
Paul Valliere Hardcover R7,135 Discovery Miles 71 350
Karl Barth - Against Hegemony
Timothy J. Gorringe Hardcover R1,693 Discovery Miles 16 930
Forgiveness and Its Moral Dimensions
Brandon Warmke, Dana Kay Nelkin, … Hardcover R3,043 Discovery Miles 30 430
Two Dozen (or so) Arguments for God…
Jerry L. Walls, Trent Dougherty Hardcover R2,632 Discovery Miles 26 320

See more

Partners