| Between Faith and Unbelief: American Transcendentalists and the Challenge of Atheism Contributor(s): Hurth (Author) |
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ISBN: 900416166X ISBN-13: 9789004161665 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2007 Annotation: This book sets out to shed light on what ios specific to American Transcendentalism by comparing it with the atheistic vision of German philosophers and theologians like Ludwig Feuerbach and Arthur Schopenhauer. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern - History | Modern - 18th Century |
| Dewey: 141.309 |
| Series: Studies in the History of Christian Traditions |
| Physical Information: 224 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book sets out to shed light on what is specific to American Transcendentalism by comparing it with the atheistic vision of German philosophers and theologians like Ludwig Feuerbach and Arthur Schopenhauer. The study argues that atheism was part of the discursive and religious context from which Transcendentalism emerged. Tendencies toward atheism were already inherent in Transcendentalist thought. The atheist scenario came to the surface in the controversy about Emerson's "new views." Contemporary critics charged that the deity Emerson worshipped was himself. Emersonian Transcendentalism thus anticipated some of the central concerns in the works of German atheists like Feuerbach. From idealism to atheism seemed but a short step. |