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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... Physical Symmetry 125 5. Biological Equilibration 159 III . Rethinking the Nature of Spiritual Discipline 6. Nietzsche's Negation 203 7. A Novel Response 233 Conclusion : Beyond Diversion and Decadence 273 Notes 281 Select Bibliography ...
... Physical Symmetry 125 5. Biological Equilibration 159 III . Rethinking the Nature of Spiritual Discipline 6. Nietzsche's Negation 203 7. A Novel Response 233 Conclusion : Beyond Diversion and Decadence 273 Notes 281 Select Bibliography ...
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... physical , and biological sciences . From this effort , and from the prior realization of the contemporary relevance of spiritually disciplined practices , Spirituality , Diversion , and Decadence was born . Several parts of this book ...
... physical , and biological sciences . From this effort , and from the prior realization of the contemporary relevance of spiritually disciplined practices , Spirituality , Diversion , and Decadence was born . Several parts of this book ...
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... twentieth - century mathematical , physical , and biological sciences ; ( 2 ) their philosophical generalization as what I shall call categoreal themes ; and ( 3 ) their deployment in the 10 Spirituality , Diversion , and Decadence.
... twentieth - century mathematical , physical , and biological sciences ; ( 2 ) their philosophical generalization as what I shall call categoreal themes ; and ( 3 ) their deployment in the 10 Spirituality , Diversion , and Decadence.
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... physical , mental , social and more . Spiritually disciplined practices , or simply spiritual disciplines , are intended to promote this sense of spiritual well - being amidst a wondrously complex reality . Finally , to discipline one's ...
... physical , mental , social and more . Spiritually disciplined practices , or simply spiritual disciplines , are intended to promote this sense of spiritual well - being amidst a wondrously complex reality . Finally , to discipline one's ...
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... physical sciences since antiquity required first principles sufficiently informative so as to make claims of self - evidence implausible ; furthermore , his sense of the depth of human fallibility made him judge to be unpromising ...
... physical sciences since antiquity required first principles sufficiently informative so as to make claims of self - evidence implausible ; furthermore , his sense of the depth of human fallibility made him judge to be unpromising ...
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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 |
Spirituality, Diversion, and Decadence: The Contemporary Predicament Peter H. Van Ness Недоступно для просмотра - 1992 |
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