Description: Out of this World: Gnostic Encounters in Modern French Literature and Thought by Bruno Chaouat Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description From the mass graves of the First World War to transhumanist utopias, from Louis-Ferdinand Céline to Michel Houellebecq, this book focuses on the modern and postmodern vexed relation to the world, body, and Creation, a major theme in gnostic metaphysical rebellion. Publisher Description Ebook available to libraries exclusively as part of the JSTOR Path to Open initiative. The 20th century is one of "great derangement." The idea that History has any meaning or direction has been challenged by two world wars, totalitarianism, and genocides, and now by pandemics, artificial intelligence, and the environmental crisis. The experience of the absurd is tangible and widespread. Times of cultural and material transitions further anxiety and disorientation. In the 1950s philosopher Hans Jonas suggested that cultural and geopolitical disorientation had fostered the re-emergence of cosmologies known as "gnostic" at the dawn of the Christian era. Out of This World revisits French modernity through the prism of this ancient cosmology. How to escape this world, this body? How can one invent a world parallel to this one? How do language and literature strive for a heterotopia that empties out the world and replaces it with words? From the mass graves of the First World War to transhumanist utopias, from Louis-Ferdinand Céline to Michel Houellebecq, this book focuses on the modern and postmodern vexed relation to the world, body, and Creation, a major theme in gnostic metaphysical rebellion. Author Biography Bruno Chaouat is Professor of French at the University of Minnesota. Details ISBN 1802074511 ISBN-13 9781802074512 Title Out of this World: Gnostic Encounters in Modern French Literature and Thought Author Bruno Chaouat Format Hardcover Year 2024 Pages 232 Publisher Liverpool University Press GE_Item_ID:161860757; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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Book Title: Out of this World : Gnostic Encounters in Modern French Literature and Thought
Number of Pages: 232 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2024
Topic: European / French, General, Gnosticism
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Genre: Literary Criticism, Religion, Philosophy
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Author: Bruno Chaouat
Item Length: 9.2 in
Book Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures Ser.
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Hardcover
