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Zusatztext ...strives mightily and most impressively with the thesis that art can restore meaning to life after the 'demise' of religion...This book is chock full of edifying loops and excursions. Informationen zum Autor Gordon Graham is Henry Luce III Professor of Philosophy and the Arts, Princeton Theological Seminary. Klappentext The Re-enchantment of the World is a philosophical exploration of the role of art and religion as sources of meaning in an increasingly material world dominated by science. Gordon Graham takes as his starting point Max Weber's idea that contemporary Western culture is marked by a 'disenchantment of the world' -- the loss of spiritual value in the wake of religion's decline and the triumph of the physical and biological sciences. Relating themes in Hegel! Nietzsche! Schleiermacher! Schopenhauer! and Gadamer to topics in contemporary philosophy of the arts! Graham explores the idea that art! now freed from its previous service to religion! has the potential to re-enchant the world. In so doing! he develops an argument that draws on the strengths of both 'analytical' and 'continental' traditions of philosophical reflection. Zusammenfassung This is a philosophical exploration of the role of art and religion as sources of meaning in an increasingly material world dominated by science. Relating themes in the history of European philosophy to topics in contemporary philosophy, Gordon Graham investigates the idea that art has the potential to re-enchant an irreligious world. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface and acknowledgements I: Spheres of Meaning II: Secularization, secularism and disenchantment III: Seeing the sacred IV: Telling a different story V: Singing a new song VI: Replacing sacred space VII: The art of festival and the dance of life Conclusion Bibliography Index
