The world as idea: a conceptual history
"In The World as Idea Charles P. Webel presents an intellectual history of one of the most influential concepts known to humanity--that of "the world". Webel traces the development of "the world" through the past, depicting the history of the world as an intellectual construct from its roots in ancient creation myths of the cosmos, to contemporary speculations about multiverses. He simultaneously offers probing analyses and critiques of "the world as idea" from thinkers ranging from Plato, Aris…
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- Full title :The world as idea : a conceptual history / Charles P. Webel.
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"In The World as Idea Charles P. Webel presents an intellectual history of one of the most influential concepts known to humanity--that of "the world". Webel traces the development of "the world" through the past, depicting the history of the world as an intellectual construct from its roots in ancient creation myths of the cosmos, to contemporary speculations about multiverses. He simultaneously offers probing analyses and critiques of "the world as idea" from thinkers ranging from Plato, Aristotle, and St. Augustine in the Greco-Roman period to Kant, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, Merleau-Ponty, and Derrida in modern times. While Webel mainly focuses on Occidental philosophical, theological, and cosmological notions of worldhood and worldliness, he also highlights important non-Western equivalents prominent in Islamic and Asian spiritual traditions. This ensures the book is a unique overview of what we all take for granted in our daily existence, but seldom if ever contemplate--the world as the uniquely meaningful environment for our lives in particular and for life on Earth in general. The World as Idea will be of great interest to those interested in the concept of "world as idea", scholars in fields ranging from philosophy and history to political and social theory, and students studying philosophy, the history of ideas, and humanities courses, both general and specialized"--
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- Publication Date:©2022
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2022
The Physical Object
- Description:x, 343 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781138013520, 1138013528, 9781032115665, 1032115661
- oclc:on1256588368
- LC Classification:BD511
- Dewey Decimal:113
Table of Contents
The world and its history -- From the existence of the world to our existence in this world -- Existential and phenomenological worlds -- Talking about the world -- A conclusion without an end, or an end without a conclusion?
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