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A Mystical Philosophy : Transcendence and Immanence in the Works of Virginia Woolf and Iris Murdoch /

"A Mystical Philosophy contributes to the contemporary resurgence of interest in Spirituality, but from a new direction. Revealing, in an original and provocative study, the mystical contents of the works of famous atheists Virginia Woolf and Iris Murdoch, Donna Lazenby shows how these thinkers...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lazenby, Donna J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; HalfTitle; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Copyright Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Part One: The Point of Departure; 2. The Point of Departure: Readdressing the Mystical in Virginia Woolf; (i) Readdressing the Mystical in Woolf: A Literary Context; (ii) Readdressing the Mystical in Woolf: A Philosophical and Aesthetic Context; 3. The Point of Departure : Readdressing the Mystical in Iris Murdoch; (i) Mysticism in Murdoch: A Philosophical and Aesthetic Context; Part Two: A Mystical Philosophy.
  • 4. Exploring the Cataphatic Dimension of Virginia Woolf 's Work: Virginia Woolf and Plotinus(i) On Unity; (ii) The Mystical Self; (iii) Vision and Light; (iv) Love and Ecstasy: The Ethics of Vision; 5. Exploring the Cataphatic Dimension of Iris Murdoch's Work; (i) On Unity; (ii) The Restored (Mystical) Self; (iii) Vision and Light: the Process of Becoming; (iv) The Ethics of Vision: Love and the Everyday; 6. Exploring the Apophatic Dimension of Virginia Woolf 's Work: Virginia Woolf, Pseudo-Dionysius, and the Aesthetics of Excess; (i) Exploring the Apophatic Dimension of Woolf 's Literature.
  • (Ii) The Mystical Shape of a Theological Aesthetic7. Exploring the Apophatic Dimension of Iris Murdoch's Work: An Iconoclastic Pilgrimage; Part Three: Contributions to a Contemporary Theological Aesthetic; 8. Conclusion: Mystical Contributions to a Theological Aesthetic: Virginia Woolf and Iris Murdoch; Concluding Summary; Notes; Bibliography; Index.