1 option
The re-enchantment of the world : art versus religion / Gordon Graham.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Graham, Gordon, 1949 July 15- author.
- 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
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.