The Religion of Existence : Asceticism in Philosophy from Kierkegaard to Sartre / Noreen Khawaja.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Khawaja, Noreen, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Existentialism.

Asceticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (319 pages)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

TheReligion of Existence reopens an old debate on an important question: What was existentialism? At the heart of existentialism, Noreen Khawaja argues, is a story about secular thought experimenting with the traditions of European Christianity. This book explores how a distinctly Protestant asceticism formed the basis for the chief existentialist ideal, personal authenticity, which is reflected in approaches ranging from Kierkegaard's religious theory of the self to Heidegger's phenomenology of everyday life to Sartre's global mission of atheistic humanism. Through these three philosophers, she argues, we observe how ascetic norms have shaped one of the twentieth century's most powerful ways of thinking about identity and difference-the idea that the "true" self is not simply given but something that each of us is responsible for producing. Engaging with many central figures in modern European thought, this book will appeal to philosophers and historians of European philosophy, scholars of modern Christianity, and those working on problems at the intersection of religion and modernity.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Feel of Religion

Chapter 1. Authenticity and Conversion

Chapter 2. Conversion as a Way of Life

Chapter 3. Philosophical Methodism

Chapter 4. The Infinite Mission

Chapter 5. Ascetics of Presence

Conclusion

Abbreviations

Notes

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780226404653

022640465X

OCLC:

965543109