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Gnostic Return in Modernity

By Cyril O'Regan

Gnostic Return in Modernity

By Cyril O'Regan

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Looks at the influence of Gnosticism in modern intellectual history, philosophy, and theology. Gnostic Return in Modernity demonstrates the possibility that Gnosticism haunts certain modern discourses. Studying Gnosticism of the first centuries of the common era and utilizing narrative analysis, the author shows how Gnosticism returns in a select band of narrative discourses that extends from the seventeenth century German mystic Jacob Boehme through Hegel and Blake down into the contemporary period. The key concept is that of narrative grammar. Unlike the hypothesis of an invariant narrative, a Gnostic narrative grammar allows room for the differences between modern and ancient forms of Gnosticism, and respects the dignity of both periods.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
322
Release Date:
2001-07-01
Publication Date:
2001-07-19
Publisher:
SUNY Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0791450228
ISBN13:
9780791450222
Weight:
525 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
19 cm
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