Secular Religion of Franklin Merrell-Wolff (eBook)

An Intellectual History of Anti-Intellectualism in Modern America

Dave Vliegenthart (Autor)

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2018
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-36125-6 (ISBN)

Infos

In The Secular Religion of Franklin Merrell-Wolff: An Intellectual History of Anti-intellectualism in Modern America, Dave Vliegenthart offers an account of the life and teachings of the modern American mystic Franklin Merrell-Wolff (1887-1985), who combined secular and religious sources from eastern and western traditions in order to elaborate and legitimate his metaphysical claim to the realization of a transcendental reality beyond reason.Using Merrell-Wolff as a typical example of a modern western guru, Vliegenthart investigates the larger sociological and historical context of the ongoing grand narrative that asserts a widespread anti-intellectualism in modern American culture, exploring developments in religious, philosophical, and psychological discourses in North America from 1800 until the present.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.1.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
• ISBN-10: 90-04-36125-1 / 9004361251
• ISBN-13: 978-90-04-36125-6 / 9789004361256