Religious Imagination and Language in Emerson and Nietzsche

by I. Makarushka

Overview

This book considers Emerson and Nietzsche primarily as post-theological religious thinkers and treats their understanding of the nature of religion and language. It argues that their critique of Christianity and rejection of transcendence which allowed them to recover the divine within the individual is informed by their emphasis on the humanity of Jesus. The idea of Jesus as man is also the key to their interpretation of language. The Word inscribed in the world becomes the condition for the possibility of meaning.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333569764
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	05/18/1994
Series:	Studies in Literature and Religion
Edition description:	1994
Pages:	133
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

General Editor's Preface - Pretext - Emerson on Religion - Nietzsche on Religion - Emerson on Language: Poetics of Religious Experience - Nietzsche on Language: Interpretation as Religious Practice - Afterthoughts - Bibliography - Index