wyszukanych pozycji: 10
Religion and the Rise of Modern Culture
ISBN: 9780268025946 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. "Religion and the Rise of Modern Culture" describes and analyzes changing attitudes toward religion during three stages of modern European culture: the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, and the Romantic period. Louis Dupre is an expert guide to the complex historical and intellectual relation between religion and modern culture.Dupre begins by tracing the weakening of the Christian synthesis. At the end of the Middle Ages intellectual attitudes toward religion began to change. Theology, once the dominant science that had integrated all others, lost its commanding position. After the French... "Religion and the Rise of Modern Culture" describes and analyzes changing attitudes toward religion during three stages of modern European culture:... |
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103,69 zł |
Thinking the Unknowable: The Essential Louis Dupré
ISBN: 9780268207953 / Angielski / Twarda / 2024 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Written throughout Louis Dupré’s life, Thinking the Unknowable explores the relationship between faith and metaphysics, charting the course for an innovative Christian philosophy of religion. Louis Dupré’s Thinking the Unknowable offers a sophisticated response to the subjectivist ills of modern philosophy. Drawing on a diverse host of philosophers, theologians, and phenomenologists, Dupré seeks to open up a space for faith in contemporary philosophy of religion by arguing that metaphysics cannot claim authority in the realm of the... Written throughout Louis Dupré’s life, Thinking the Unknowable explores the relationship between faith and metaphysics, chartin... |
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280,10 zł |
Light from Light (Second Edition): An Anthology of Christian Mysticism
ISBN: 9780809140138 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A completely revised edition of the key spiritual texts from the most significant mystical writers in the Christian tradition, from Origen to Thomas Merton, with revised introductions and bibliographies.
A completely revised edition of the key spiritual texts from the most significant mystical writers in the Christian tradition, from Origen to Thomas M...
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130,50 zł |
The Enlightenment and the Intellectual Foundations of Modern Culture
ISBN: 9780300113464 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 397 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. An eminent scholar of modern culture argues that the Enlightenment--the importance of which has been vigorously debated in recent years--was a more complex phenomenon than either its detractors or advocates assume.
"Ranging as it does over art, morality, religion, science, philosophy, social theory, and a good deal besides, Dupre's book] is a marvel of scholarly erudition. . . . Formidably well-researched, . . . this] would make an excellent introduction to Enlightenment ideas for the general reader."--Terry Eagleton, Harper's Magazine "This immensely readable book will cause... An eminent scholar of modern culture argues that the Enlightenment--the importance of which has been vigorously debated in recent years--was a more co...
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244,22 zł |
Symbols of the Sacred
ISBN: 9780802847485 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 142 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Symbols of the Sacred gathers four classic essays by Louis Dupre on the role of symbols in our understanding of the sacred and on their fundamental importance to religious consciousness. A leading philosopher of religion, Dupre here discusses the nature of religious symbols, the importance of language for capturing symbolic meaning, the ancient link between art and expressions of the sacred, and the vital relationship between religious symbol and myth. The volume concludes with a powerful reflection on the innate capacity of human minds to grasp the transcendent. Elegantly expressed,...
Symbols of the Sacred gathers four classic essays by Louis Dupre on the role of symbols in our understanding of the sacred and on their fundamental im...
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93,69 zł |
The Quest of the Absolute: Birth and Decline of European Romanticism
ISBN: 9780268026165 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 398 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This eagerly awaited study brings to completion Louis Dupre's planned trilogy on European culture during the modern epoch. Demonstrating remarkable erudition and sweeping breadth, The Quest of the Absolute analyzes Romanticism as a unique cultural phenomenon and a spiritual revolution. Dupre philosophically reflects on its attempts to recapture the past and transform the present in a movement that is partly a return to premodern culture and partly a violent protest against it. Following an introduction on the historical origins of the Romantic Movement, Dupre examines the principal Romantic...
This eagerly awaited study brings to completion Louis Dupre's planned trilogy on European culture during the modern epoch. Demonstrating remarkable er...
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165,98 zł |
Religious Mystery and Rational Reflection: Excursions in the Phenomenology and Philosophy of Religion
ISBN: 9780802843258 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. How should philosophy approach religious experience, which by definition surpasses its competence? Can philosophy do more than describe the religious experience without discussing its object? Can religion make genuine truth claims - especially when the prevalence of suffering and evil in the world seems to belie those claims? These are some of the basic questions raised in this engaging collection of essays by philosopher Louis Dupre. According to Dupre, a philosophical analysis of faith must take account of the unique system of symbols in which it expresses its beliefs, rituals, and modes of...
How should philosophy approach religious experience, which by definition surpasses its competence? Can philosophy do more than describe the religious ...
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93,69 zł |
Fagots from the Campfire
ISBN: 9781456351267 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In presenting a new book to the public, it is not necessary that the reasons therefor should be set forth in a long introduction or a tedious explanation. It is appropriate, however, that as the publisher of this unique volume, I point out its strangely original features, which impelled me to take an interest in its success and commend it to the rank and file of our army of brave defenders, as well as to those who wore the gray. Many books have been written since the war, illustrative of battles, teeming with glowing descriptions, and claiming glorious victories won by mighty generals, as in...
In presenting a new book to the public, it is not necessary that the reasons therefor should be set forth in a long introduction or a tedious explanat...
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109,58 zł |
Marx's Social Critique of Culture
ISBN: 9780300035179 / Angielski / Miękka / 1959 / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This study sheds new light on Marx's achievement by presenting a critical reading of his interpretation of culture. Dupre discusses the relation of Marx to previous philosophers, especially Hegel; the stages of development and contradictions within Marx's conception of culture; and the contributions of the various Marxists who followed Marx.
"An intelligent, discerning, and carefully nuanced reading of Marx. . . . Dupre presents a fluidity and diversity that is lacking in many other interpretations of Marx." -- Peter Stillman, The American Political Science Review "What makes... This study sheds new light on Marx's achievement by presenting a critical reading of his interpretation of culture. Dupre discusses the relation of Ma...
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262,52 zł |
Augustinianism and Modern Theology
ISBN: 9780824518028 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This book focuses on a historical analysis of hte genesis of the idea of pure nature, which arose in reaction to the distorted Augustinianism of nominalist theologians at the end ot the Middle Ages.
This book focuses on a historical analysis of hte genesis of the idea of pure nature, which arose in reaction to the distorted Augustinianism of nomin...
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204,73 zł |