Modern Gnosis and Zionism : The Crisis of Culture, Life Philosophy and Jewish National Thought

ISBN-13: 9780415624398 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 272 str.

Yotam Hotam

Opis

This text explores the connections between Zionism and life philosophy, and argues that life philosophy represents a modern secularized version of gnostic dualism between God and world, and that this was a particular secular impulse that lay at the core of the Zionist political mission.

Spis treści

Introduction  Part I: The Crisis of Culture and Life Philosophy 1. Germany, the Crisis of Culture and Secular Theology 2. Life Philosophy or Modern Gnosis  Part II: Modern Gnosis and Zionist Thought 3. Modern Jewish Gnosis 4. Modern Gnosis and Zionist Thought