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In Search of Transcendence
Kierkegaard, Wittgenstein, Kazantzakis
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English
Published/Copyright:
2017
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This book explores the philosophical/religious thought of Soren Kierkegaard, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Nikos Kazantzakis in relation to the concept of transcendence. Each of these thinkers has made a strong impact on Western religious and philosophical thought, but each from a nearly completely different angle as well as from a different national background. This comparative study therefore crosses both national and perspectival boundaries. Each of the three thinkers struggled with the notion of transcendence but in uniquely distinct fashion. The conclusion offers yet a third model, the author’s, for understanding transcendence focusing on the concept of “mediation”.
Author / Editor information
Jerry H. Gill (Ph.D. Duke University, 1966) is Professor Emeritus of the College of St. Rose in Albany, NY. He has written and edited over 30 books, and published over 100 articles in professional journals; several on the thinkers central to this study. His major works include Wittgenstein and Metaphor, Mediated transcendence, Deep Postmodernism, and The Tacit Mode.
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eBook published on:
July 31, 2017
eBook ISBN:
9789004349711
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Main content:
162
eBook ISBN:
9789004349711
Keywords for this book
faith; reason; God; modern philosophy; modern theology; Michael Polanyi; Flannery O'Connor; Metaphor; Kierkegaard; Wittgenstein; Kazanrzakis; Transcendence; mediation; mystical; belief; Danish studies; British philosophy; Greek studies
Audience(s) for this book
All scholars, students and libraries interested in philosophy of religion and philosophical theology, especially those interested in Kierkegaard, Wittgenstein, and Kazantzakis.
