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An existentialist theory of the human spirit.$nVolume 2 : to create and believe ... or not / Shlomo Giora Shoham.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shoham, S. Giora, 1929- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Humanities.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (493 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, England : Cambridge Scholars Publisher, 2020.
- Summary:
- This second volume examines how sexual mores and behavior, religious dogma and practice, and literary creativity and authenticity have influenced and been influenced by the existentialist thought of Kierkegaard, Heidegger, Sartre, Nietzsche, Husserl and Buber, and the writings of Camus, Dostoevsky, Beckett, Shestov, Berdyaev and Tillich.It compares human and cultural attributes with the attributes of pagan and monotheistic Gods, and Buddhist, Gnostic, Christian and Muslim mysticism with Jewish Kabbalah. It explains society's harsh treatment of Vincent van Gogh and Antonin Artaud, and analyzes the existentialist approach to existence, absurdity, human dialogue, cosmology, and quantum mechanics.It will appeal to students and professionals in fields as diverse as philosophy, psychology, sociology, anthropology, religion, law, art, drama, literature, cosmology and physics.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 27
- Chapter 28
- Chapter 29
- Chapter 30
- Chapter 31
- Chapter 32
- Chapter 33
- Chapter 34
- Chapter 35
- Chapter 36
- Chapter 37
- Chapter 38
- Glossary
- References.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-5275-5719-7
- OCLC:
- 1182868828
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