The Re-enchantment of the World

Art versus Religion

AvGordon Graham

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-02-18
Mått:138 x 215 x 13 mm
Vikt:293 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:212
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
ISBN:9780199581375

Utforska kategorier

Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Konstteori inom Kultur
Filosofiska discipliner inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Gordon Graham is Henry Luce III Professor of Philosophy and the Arts, Princeton Theological Seminary.

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...strives mightily and most impressively with the thesis that art can restore meaning to life after the 'demise' of religion...This book is chock full of edifying loops and excursions.

Innehållsförteckning

Preface and acknowledgements ; I. Spheres of Meaning ; II. Secularization, secularism and disenchantment ; III. Seeing the sacred ; IV. Telling a different story ; V. Singing a new song ; VI. Replacing sacred space ; VII. The art of festival and the dance of life ; Conclusion ; Bibliography ; Index

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