In Spiritual Guides: Pathfinders in the Desert, Fred Dallmayr challenges the -desert character- of modern culture. Political and economic corruption, incessant warmongering, spoliation of natural resources, and, above all, mindless consumerism and greedy self-satisfaction are all symptoms of what he contends is an expanding wasteland or desert where everything creative and nourishing decays and withers. Through an alternative interpretation of Nietzsche's saying -the desert grows, - this book calls for spiritual renewal, invoking in particular four prominent guides or pathfinders in...
In Spiritual Guides: Pathfinders in the Desert, Fred Dallmayr challenges the -desert character- of modern culture. Political and economic corr...
The life story of a German-American scholar deeply involved, over several decades, in evolving intellectual trends and movements and profoundly affected by successive geopolitical events and calamities.
The life story of a German-American scholar deeply involved, over several decades, in evolving intellectual trends and movements and profoundly affect...
Fred Dallmayr explores the benefits of mindfulness in respect to philosophy and theory, practical conduct, language use, art works, historical understanding, and cosmopolitanism. Students of continental, social, and political philosophy will benefit from Dallmayr's engagement with, among others, Heidegger, Panikkar, Merleau-Ponty, and Derrida.
Fred Dallmayr explores the benefits of mindfulness in respect to philosophy and theory, practical conduct, language use, art works, historical underst...
