Hakl Hans Thomas
Hakl Hans Thomas - Eranos An Alternative Intellectual History Of The Twentieth Century - Paperback
Hakl Hans Thomas - Eranos An Alternative Intellectual History Of The Twentieth Century - Paperback
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Description: Every year since 1933 many of the world's leading intellectuals have met on Lake Maggiore to discuss the latest developments in philosophy history art and science and in particular to explore the mystical and symbolic in religion. The Eranos Meetings - named after the Greek word for a banquet where the guests bring the food - constitute one of the most important gatherings of scholars in the twentieth century. The book presents a set of portraits of some of the century's most influential thinkers all participants at Eranos: Carl Jung Erich Neumann Mircea Eliade Martin Buber Walter Otto Paul Tillich Gershom Scholem Herbert Read Joseph Campbell Erwin Schrodinger Karl Kereyni D. T. Suzuki and Adolph Portmann. The volume presents a critical appraisal of the views of these men how the exchange of ideas encouraged by Eranos influenced each and examines the attraction of these esotericists towards authoritarian politics.
Title: Eranos An Alternative Intellectual History Of The Twentieth Century
Author(s): Hakl Hans Thomas
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9781781790168
Pages: 448 Pages
Publication Date: 1/1/2013
Category: History Of Ideas
Description: Every year since 1933 many of the world's leading intellectuals have met on Lake Maggiore to discuss the latest developments in philosophy history art and science and in particular to explore the mystical and symbolic in religion. The Eranos Meetings - named after the Greek word for a banquet where the guests bring the food - constitute one of the most important gatherings of scholars in the twentieth century. The book presents a set of portraits of some of the century's most influential thinkers all participants at Eranos: Carl Jung Erich Neumann Mircea Eliade Martin Buber Walter Otto Paul Tillich Gershom Scholem Herbert Read Joseph Campbell Erwin Schrodinger Karl Kereyni D. T. Suzuki and Adolph Portmann. The volume presents a critical appraisal of the views of these men how the exchange of ideas encouraged by Eranos influenced each and examines the attraction of these esotericists towards authoritarian politics.
Title: Eranos An Alternative Intellectual History Of The Twentieth Century
Author(s): Hakl Hans Thomas
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9781781790168
Pages: 448 Pages
Publication Date: 1/1/2013
Category: History Of Ideas
