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Challenging the Absolute: Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Europe´s Struggle Against Fundamentalism
Simon F. Oliai
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Description for Challenging the Absolute: Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Europe´s Struggle Against Fundamentalism
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Our contemporary world presents a seemingly inexplicable paradox. It is a world where interaction among societies of different cultural traditions has never been easier. A world in which modern technology has visibly overcome the physical barriers that had long condemned the majority of men to relative isolation from one another. Yet, our world is also one in which the illusion of a lost original cultural or religious identity, grounded by a metaphysical absolute, pits men against one another. A physically more accessible world has thus become an increasingly fundamentalist one. In this book, written in the wake of ... Read more
Our contemporary world presents a seemingly inexplicable paradox. It is a world where interaction among societies of different cultural traditions has never been easier. A world in which modern technology has visibly overcome the physical barriers that had long condemned the majority of men to relative isolation from one another. Yet, our world is also one in which the illusion of a lost original cultural or religious identity, grounded by a metaphysical absolute, pits men against one another. A physically more accessible world has thus become an increasingly fundamentalist one. In this book, written in the wake of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Press of America
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
170
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780761865155
SKU
V9780761865155
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About Simon F. Oliai
Simon F. Oliai is a former UNESCO adviser on the worldwide promotion of the humanities, as well as a philosopher of history who has studied and lectured in the United States, France, and Iran. He has organized several noted international seminars in Europe and the Middle East and is the editor of the landmark international anniversary dossier on the Martin ... Read more
Reviews for Challenging the Absolute: Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Europe´s Struggle Against Fundamentalism
I am strongly convinced that the crucial analysis of the metaphysical underpinnings of all manner of contemporary fundamentalism by Simon Oliai shall have not only contributed to elaborating a more precise definition of the current role of Western philosophy, but, more significantly, shed light on the universal function of all critical thought in our world.
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