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The re-enchantment of the world : art versus religion / Gordon Graham.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Graham, Gordon, 1949 July 15- author.
Contributor:
University of Cambridge.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Aesthetics--Religious aspects.
Aesthetics.
Art and religion.
Arts--Moral and ethical aspects.
Arts.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (ix, 199 pages)
Other Title:
Art versus religion
Place of Publication:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
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
Contents:
Spheres of meaning
Secularization, secularism, and disenchantment
Seeing the sacred
Telling a different story
Singing a new song
Replacing sacred space
Art of festival and the dance of life.
Notes:
"The Stanton lectures in the philosophy of religion delivered at the University of Cambridge."
Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-191) and index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
0-19-958137-1
1-281-16432-1
9786611164324
0-19-153280-0
1-4356-2234-0
OCLC:
191046788

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