The philosophical and theological study of aesthetics has a long
and rich history, stretching back to Platos identification of
ultimate goodness and beauty, together representing the eternal
form. Recent trends in aesthetic theory, however, characterised by
a focus on the beautiful at the expense of the good, have made it
an object of suspicion in the Orthodox Church. In its place, Greek
theologians have sought to emphasise philokalia as a truer
theological discipline. Seeking to reverse this trend, Chrysostomos
Stamoulis brings into conversation a plethora of voices, from
Church fathers to contemporary poets, and from a Marxist political
theorist to a literary critic. Out of this dialogue, Stamoulis
builds a model for the re-appropriation of Orthodoxys patristic and
Byzantine past that is no longer defined in antithesis to the
Western present. The openness he proposes allows us to perceive
afresh the world shot through with divinity, if only we can lift
our gaze to see it. Dismantling the false dichotomy, philokalia or
aesthetics, is the first step.
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