Spirituality, Diversion, and Decadence: The Contemporary PredicamentState University of New York Press, 22 окт. 1992 г. - Всего страниц: 350 This book presents a philosophical rethinking of the meaning and nature of spiritual discipline. It offers a new way of describing and justifying practices like praying, meditating, fasting, and yoga, and it provides an innovative case for their contemporary importance. Spiritual discipline is especially effective at combatting Pascalian diversion, the pursuit of activities that occupy the mind just enough to avoid thinking about important things; and Nietzschean decadence, the proclivity for extirpating instinctive drives instead of satisfying or sublimating them. In addition to overcoming diversion and decadence in contemporary consumerist culture, VanNess recommends spiritual discipline as a means of political resistance to powerful institutions which seek to exercise social control in democratic societies by promulgating addictive patterns of consumption. Finally, he argues that regimens of spiritual discipline can serve healthful and liberating purposes, and generally promote fullness of life, only insofar as they are shaped by an ethos of intellectual criticism and aesthetic experimentation. |
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... of Spiritual Discipline 6. Nietzsche's Negation 203 7. A Novel Response 233 Conclusion : Beyond Diversion and Decadence 273 Notes 281 Select Bibliography 311 Index 335 PREFACE Like other cultural artifacts , books have histories .
... of Spiritual Discipline 6. Nietzsche's Negation 203 7. A Novel Response 233 Conclusion : Beyond Diversion and Decadence 273 Notes 281 Select Bibliography 311 Index 335 PREFACE Like other cultural artifacts , books have histories .
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... Nietzsche's discussion of " ascetic ideals " in On the Genealogy of Morals is a very significant philosophical treatment of this topic , and his ideas are invoked as corroboration for my own criticisms of traditional asceticism ...
... Nietzsche's discussion of " ascetic ideals " in On the Genealogy of Morals is a very significant philosophical treatment of this topic , and his ideas are invoked as corroboration for my own criticisms of traditional asceticism ...
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... Nietzsche have recommended forms of spiritual self - mastery while vigorously condemning received forms of religion . ' Spiritual ' and ' religious ' are labels that overlap . Some instances of spiritual discipline have long and ...
... Nietzsche have recommended forms of spiritual self - mastery while vigorously condemning received forms of religion . ' Spiritual ' and ' religious ' are labels that overlap . Some instances of spiritual discipline have long and ...
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... Nietzsche called Pascal " the most instructive victim of Christianity . " " He essentially accepted Gilberte's portrayal of her brother but interpreted Pascal's change of life quite oppositely . Nietzsche bewailed Pascal's fate of ...
... Nietzsche called Pascal " the most instructive victim of Christianity . " " He essentially accepted Gilberte's portrayal of her brother but interpreted Pascal's change of life quite oppositely . Nietzsche bewailed Pascal's fate of ...
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A Contemporary Evaluation | 47 |
Semiotic SelfReference | 95 |
Physical Symmetry | 125 |
Biological Equilibration | 159 |
Nietzsches Negation | 203 |
A Novel Response | 233 |
Beyond Diversion and Decadence | 273 |
Select Bibliography | 311 |
Index | 335 |
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Spirituality, Diversion, and Decadence: The Contemporary Predicament Peter Higbie Van Ness Ограниченный просмотр - 1992 |
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