The Secular Religion of Franklin Merrell-Wolff

An Intellectual History of Anti-Intellectualism in Modern America

von Dave Vliegenthart

380 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

In The Secular Religion of Franklin Merrell-Wolff: An Intellectual History of Anti-intellectualism in Modern America, Dave Vliegenthart offers an account of the life and teachings of the modern American mystic Franklin Merrell-Wolff (1887-1985), who combined secular and religious sources from eastern and western traditions in order to elaborate and legitimate his metaphysical claim to the realization of a transcendental reality beyond reason.

Using Merrell-Wolff as a typical example of a modern western guru, Vliegenthart investigates the larger sociological and historical context of the ongoing grand narrative that asserts a widespread anti-intellectualism in modern American culture, exploring developments in religious, philosophical, and psychological discourses in North America from 1800 until the present.

• Themen: Philosophie und Religion Religion und Glaube Religion, allgemein
• ISBN: 9789004361072
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.02.2018
• Größe: 236 x 155 mm
• Verlag: Brill