Description
The first volume of an extensive trilogy that, on the eve of World War II (1937–1939), offers a synthesizing perspective on the development of modern German literature and philosophy in terms of the transformations of eschatological thought. The first part focuses on the Enlightenment and Romanticism, interpreting their main feature as the shifts in Christian eschatology towards the 'Promethean principle,' an immanent and subjectivizing conception of the relationship between the human spirit, nature, history, and divinity. Despite its thematic breadth (from Lessing and Herder through the Romantics and Idealists to Wagner and Nietzsche), the work has a tightly woven interpretative nature and represents a reckoning with modern German thought as it developed not in theological writings, but in poetry and philosophy.
Information
Author: von Balthasar Hans Urs
Publication date: August 2, 2024
Manufacturer: Středisko spol. činností AV ČR, v. v. i.
Genres: Books, Philosophy, Specialized and technical literature, Social sciences
Type: Hardcover books
Pages: 808
ISBN/EAN: 9788020035103