The ascetic ideal : genealogies of life-denial in religion, morality, art, science, and philosophy /

Stephen Mulhall traces the development of an ideal of asceticism through Western culture. He shows how influential this self-denying attitude to life has been not just in religion and morality but in aesthetics, science, and philosophy. And he illuminates the role of the ascetic ideal in the thought...

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Genealogies of life-denial in religion, morality, art, science, and philosophy
1. Verfasser:
Mulhall, Stephen
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford, England ; New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Zusammenfassung:
Stephen Mulhall traces the development of an ideal of asceticism through Western culture. He shows how influential this self-denying attitude to life has been not just in religion and morality but in aesthetics, science, and philosophy. And he illuminates the role of the ascetic ideal in the thought of Nietzsche, who introduced the concept.
Umfang:
1 online resource (vi, 305 pages)
ISBN:
0-19-191916-0
0-19-265079-3
Schlagworte:
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, > 1844-1900 > Criticism and interpretation.
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, > 1844-1900. > Zur Genealogie der Moral.
Criticism, interpretation, etc. > OCLC-fst01411635
History. > OCLC-fst01411628
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