No Spiritual Investment in the World: Gnosticism and Postwar German Philosophy

by Willem Styfhals

Book Overview

Throughout the twentieth century, German writers, philosophers, theologians, and historians turned to Gnosticism to make sense of the modern condition. While some saw this ancient Christian heresy as a way to rethink modernity, most German intellectuals questioned Gnosticism's return in a contemporary setting. In No Spiritual Investment in the World, Willem Styfhals explores the Gnostic worldview's enigmatic place in these discourses on modernity,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501731009
• ISBN13: 9781501731006
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Cornell University Press and Cornell Universi
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher