Grammars of Creation; Originating in the Gifford Lectures for 1990

Steiner, George (Originally published as Gifford Lectures for 1990.)

ISBN 10: 0300088639 / ISBN 13: 9780300088632

Verlag: Yale University Press, New Haven

Beschreibung

[0-300-08863-9] 2001, 1st printing. (Hardcover) Fine in near fine dust jacket. 344pp. Index. "A far-reaching exploration of the idea of creation in Western thought, literature, religion, and history, this volume can fairly be called a magnum opus". Originally published as Gifford Lectures for 1990. (Ideas, Creation, Ideas).

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 154831

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Grammars of Creation; Originating in the Gifford Lectures for 1990
• Verlag: Yale University Press, New Haven
• ISBN-10: 0300088639
• ISBN-13: 9780300088632
• Einband: Hardcover
• Auflage: 1. Auflage
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Schutzumschlag
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • Philosophy

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Inhaltsangabe

Roaming across topics as diverse as the Hebrew Bible, the history of science and mathematics, the ontology of Heidegger, and the poetry of Paul Celan, Steiner examines how the twentieth century has placed in doubt the rationale and credibility of a future tense - the existence of hope. Acknowledging that technology and science may have replaced art and literature as the driving forces in our culture, Steiner warns that this has not happened without a significant loss. The forces of technology and science alone fail to illuminate inevitable human questions regarding value, faith, and meaning. And yet it is difficult to believe that the story out of Genesis has ended, Steiner observes, and he concludes this volume of reflections with an evocation of the endlessness of beginnings.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

George Steiner is Fellow of Churchill College at Cambridge.