Format:
1 Online-Ressource (viii, 378 pages)
ISBN:
9789004361256
Series Statement:
Numen book series v. 158
Content:
Front Matter -- Copyright page -- -- Introduction -- Origination (1887–1914) -- Investigation (1914–1936) -- Realization (1936–1978) -- Routinization (1978–Today) -- Conclusion.
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9004361073
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Vliegenthart, Dave Secular religion of Franklin Merrell-Wolff Leiden : Brill, [2018] ISBN 9004361073
Language:
English
Keywords:
Merrell-Wolff, Franklin 1887-1985
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DOI:
10.1163/9789004361256
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