bokomslag Truth or Death
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Truth or Death

Thierry Hentsch

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  • 416 sidor
  • 2004
In the tradition of James Frazer, Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell, Thierry Hentsch retells, with new urgency and a keen critical eye, "the story of the West" that shapes our perception of the world. Yet, "the story of the West" does not exist. Only a reading of its most seminal texts--from Ulysses to Hamlet, from the Torah to the Gospels, from Plato to Descartes--can bring it alive. His tale turns on a startling discovery: The Christian message of immortality is conditional. To overcome death--the touchstone of the human condition--the believer must accept the Truth of salvation. Western civilization, by replacing God with technoscience, offers the universal promise that salvation may now be gained on earth. Yet, as a condition, it would impose its own absolute morality on the world. Truth or Death: the Biblical injunction is ours as well.
  • Författare: Thierry Hentsch
  • Format: Pocket/Paperback
  • ISBN: 9780889225091
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 416
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2004-12-01
  • Översättare: Fred A Reed
  • Förlag: Talonbooks