The analogical turn : rethinking modernity with Nicholas of Cusa / / Johannes Hoff

• Autore: Hoff Johannes
• Pubblicazione: Grand Rapids, Michigan : , : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, , 2013; ©2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (232 pages)
• Disciplina: 230/.2092
• Soggetto topico: Civilization, Modern
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Part I. Nicholas of Cusa : pioneer of a forgotten path into the modern age. Cusa's path to the "wisdom of unknowing" -- The legacy of Dionysius the Areopagite -- Wisdom shouts outside in the alleys and squares -- The growing gap between science and liturgy as a focal problem -- Part II. Nicholas of Cusa and the genealogy of modern concepts of space and automony. Prologue: the liturgical staging of modern perspective in De visione Dei -- The prehistory of the modern concepts of perspective and space -- The formation of the modern "world picture" in Renaissance Italy -- Cusa's response to the emergence of the modern concept of space -- Cusa's repsonse to the emergence of the modern concept of autonomy -- Part III. Cusa's alternative vision of the age to come. Cusa's resistance to the hyper-reflexivity of the narcissistic age -- Cusa's inversion of modern perspective -- Cusa's holistic alternative to the analytic rationality of modernity -- Cusa's holistic alternative to analytic accounts of individuality -- Cusa's apocalyptic response to the liturgical crisis of his age -- Cusa's ontology of desire and the body of Christ.
• Titolo autorizzato: The analogical turn
• ISBN: 1-4674-3902-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910797794103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Interventions (Grand Rapids, Mich.)