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Book Title
Wrestling with Archons : Gnosticism as a Critical Theory of Cultu
ISBN
9781498566285

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Publisher
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
ISBN-10
1498566286
ISBN-13
9781498566285
eBay Product ID (ePID)
26038644873

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
210 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Wrestling with Archons : Gnosticism As a Critical Theory of Culture
Publication Year
2018
Subject
Christianity / History, Gender Studies, Gnosticism
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Religion, Social Science
Author
Jonathan Cahana-Blum
Format
Hardcover

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Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
17.1 Oz
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Width
6.3 in

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Scholarly & Professional
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Offering a creative and challenging intervention in the ongoing debates about the viability of "Gnosticism" as a historical and analytical category, Jonathan Cahana builds in unexpected ways on the legacy of Hans Jonas to reposition gnostic literature as a distinctively ancient mode of radical cultural critique. Through rereadings of ancient textual evidence and provocative comparisons to contemporary critical thinkers, Wrestling with Archons advances a bold thesis worthy of serious engagement., Wrestling with Archons is like a bumblebee. It should not be able to fly, but it is--and it flies well. Who could imagine that the branch of early Christianity, which we label Gnosticism, can be fruitfully approached from the perspective of radical modern cultural criticism? Cahana shows that this approach is not only possible but also very productive. Gnosticism like modern cultural criticism 'is questioning the unquestionable and deconstructing the "givens" of a respective culture, instead of arguing on their basis'. Cahana is a talented guide through these complicated matters., Wrestling with Archons is a book for both scholars of religion and scholars skeptical of "religion." Portraying a Gnosticism deeply engaged in its world, Wrestling with Archons offers intriguing possibilities for our own cultural criticism, recasting categories from matter and nature to religion and sex, and showing us the contemporary importance of these ancient texts.
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
299.932
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments Introduction: Gnosticism, Gnostics and their Discontents Chapter 1: Methodology Chapter 2: Gnosticism as Ancient Cultural Criticism: A Historical Approach Chapter 3: Gnosticism and Modern Cultural Criticism: A Comparative Approach Chapter 4: Paradigm Inversion: Gnosticism at the Origins of Christianity Conclusions Bibliography About the Author
Synopsis
This book demonstrates that ancient Christian Gnosticism was an ancient form of cultural criticism in a mythological garb. It establishes that, much like modern forms of critical theory, including the Frankfurt School and queer theory, ancient Gnosticism was set on deconstructing mainstream discourses and cultural premises., This book demonstrates that ancient Christian Gnosticism was an ancient form of cultural criticism in a mythological garb. It establishes that, much like modern forms of critical theory, ancient Gnosticism was set on deconstructing mainstream discourses and cultural premises. Strains of critical theory dealt with include the Frankfurt School, queer theory, and poststructural philosophy. The book documents how in both ancient Gnosticism and modern critical theories issues that used to serve as premises for discussion or as concepts relegated to the realms of the "natural" and the "given" in their respective historical contexts, are transformed into objects of contention. The main aim of this book is to salvage the historical category of Gnosticism from its present scholarly disavowal, if only because Gnosticism, when read as a cultural, and not only a religious phenomenon, presents us an ancient form of culture criticism which would be hard to parallel until (post) modernity. While Hans Jonas remarked many years ago that "something in Gnosticism knocks at the door of our Being and of our twentieth-century Being in particular," by the 21st century global world this something has already entered and lives with us. We can thus still benefit from another perspective, even if it comes from Mediterranean people who lived almost 2,000 years ago.
LC Classification Number
B638

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