‘What is foreign becomes close and what is close becomes foreign’. Ethics and Geography in the Works of Meister Eckhart
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Markus Vinzent
Abstract
This essay focuses on the unorthodox work of Meister Eckart. Eckart’s universalist claims for human being, consciousness, and knowledge, while oriented by the geographical coordinates of medieval Christendom, depart from those coordinates by claiming that all three of the different worlds, or continents (Asia, Africa, and Europe) are braided into one. The universalism of such a philosophy finds the divine center everywhere and nowhere.
Abstract
This essay focuses on the unorthodox work of Meister Eckart. Eckart’s universalist claims for human being, consciousness, and knowledge, while oriented by the geographical coordinates of medieval Christendom, depart from those coordinates by claiming that all three of the different worlds, or continents (Asia, Africa, and Europe) are braided into one. The universalism of such a philosophy finds the divine center everywhere and nowhere.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Acknowledgements V
- Table of Contents VII
- Introduction 1
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Before Westernness
- Competing with the East 9
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The Westernness of Philosophy
- ‘What is foreign becomes close and what is close becomes foreign’. Ethics and Geography in the Works of Meister Eckhart 43
- Self-Conceptions of Reason in Kant 57
- On the Universal Notion of a Person 67
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The Westernness of Orientalism
- Ignác Goldziher’s Perspective from the Margins of Europe: Historicizing Islam Between East and West 87
- The “good Orientalists” 105
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The Westernness of Europe
- In the Center But Not in the Middle: T. G. Masaryk and Czech Geopolitical Discussions in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries 137
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The Westernness of (The) Americans
- Televising the West: The Television Set of The Americans 161
- Russian Orthodoxy as Constitutive of Westernness in The Americans 179
- Western Reflections: The Mirrored Real and the Imaginary in The Americans 203
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After Westernness
- Reinventing the West: The Invention of the West 25 Years Later 221
- A Brief Genealogy of the West 231
- About the Authors 259
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Acknowledgements V
- Table of Contents VII
- Introduction 1
-
Before Westernness
- Competing with the East 9
-
The Westernness of Philosophy
- ‘What is foreign becomes close and what is close becomes foreign’. Ethics and Geography in the Works of Meister Eckhart 43
- Self-Conceptions of Reason in Kant 57
- On the Universal Notion of a Person 67
-
The Westernness of Orientalism
- Ignác Goldziher’s Perspective from the Margins of Europe: Historicizing Islam Between East and West 87
- The “good Orientalists” 105
-
The Westernness of Europe
- In the Center But Not in the Middle: T. G. Masaryk and Czech Geopolitical Discussions in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries 137
-
The Westernness of (The) Americans
- Televising the West: The Television Set of The Americans 161
- Russian Orthodoxy as Constitutive of Westernness in The Americans 179
- Western Reflections: The Mirrored Real and the Imaginary in The Americans 203
-
After Westernness
- Reinventing the West: The Invention of the West 25 Years Later 221
- A Brief Genealogy of the West 231
- About the Authors 259
