The secular religion of Franklin Merrell-Wolff : an intellectual history of anti-intellectualism in modern America /
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 easte...
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Format: eBook
Language: English
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Leiden :
Brill.
c2018.
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Numen Book Series
158.
Numen Book Series Online, ISBN: 9789004380837.
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Call Number: BF1997.M47 V55 2018
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 378 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004361256 |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |