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Gnostic Wars : The Cold War in the Context of a History of Western Spirituality /

In this unique exposition of important and yet often neglected developments in the history of Western spirituality, Stefan Rossbach reminds us of the philosophical and spiritual underpinnings of the Cold War era, drawing on the traditions of apocalypticism, millenarianism and 'Gnostic' spi...

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Autor principal: Rossbach, Stefan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Liminality in Platonic philosophy and early Christian thought
  • 3. Issues in 'Gnostic Studies'
  • 4. Lines of meaning I: From Manichaeism to 'Neo-Manichaeism'
  • 5. Intersections: Renaissance syncretism
  • 6. Lines of meaning II: Boehme, Hegel, Marx
  • 7. Lines of meaning III: The Third Rome against the New World
  • 8. Parrhesia against Gnosis: George F. Kennan on the spiritual dimension of the Cold War
  • 9. Epilogue
  • Bibliography
  • Index