Between Nihilism and Faith
Author:   Karsten Harries
Publisher:   Walter de Gruyter
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Pages:   176
Publication Date:   01 January 2010
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Between Nihilism and Faith


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If the Enlightenment turned to reason to reoccupy the place left vacant by the death of God, the last two centuries have undermined such faith in reason. We cannot escape this history. The specter of nihilism haunts Either/Or. To exorcize it is Kierkegaard s most fundamental concern. But where are we to turn? To an aesthetic transfiguration of, or escape from reality? Does ethics promise an answer? Or is all that is left an irrational leap to religion? All such questions are shadowed by the specter of Kitsch.What does it mean to be authentic in the modern world?

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Author:   Karsten Harries
Publisher:   Walter de Gruyter
Imprint:   Walter de Gruyter
ISBN:  

9781282716469


ISBN 10:   1282716468
Pages:   176
Publication Date:   01 January 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Electronic book text
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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Karsten Harries, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.

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