Reading Genesis in the Long Eighteenth Century: From Milton to Mary ShelleyRoutledge, 5.12.2016 г. - 217 страници In a reassessment of the long-accepted division between religion and enlightenment, Ana Acosta here traces a tissue of readings and adaptations of Genesis and Scriptural language from Milton through Rousseau to Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley. Acosta's interdisciplinary approach places these writers in the broader context of eighteenth-century political theory, biblical criticism, religious studies and utopianism. Acosta's argument is twofold: she establishes the importance of Genesis within utopian thinking, in particular the influential models of Milton and Rousseau; and she demonstrates that the power of these models can be explained neither by traditional religious paradigms nor by those of religion or philosophy. In establishing the relationship between biblical criticism and republican utopias, Acosta makes a solid case that important utopian visions are better understood against the background of Genesis interpretation. This study opens a new perspective on theories of secularization, and as such will interest scholars of religious studies, intellectual history, and philosophy as well as of literary studies. |
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... Garden of Eden, Adam, Eve, and the fall—is not told until the second chapter, and it contradicts in many ways the version of creation told in the first chapter. The six days of creation are truly utopian: there is no conflict; man and ...
... Garden of Eden, Adam, Eve, and the fall—is not told until the second chapter, and it contradicts in many ways the version of creation told in the first chapter. The six days of creation are truly utopian: there is no conflict; man and ...
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... garden , the first death , the first camel . ” To study comprehensively all of the writers who dealt with Genesis and origins as an integral element of a philosophical , political , critical , or literary program would be a well - nigh ...
... garden , the first death , the first camel . ” To study comprehensively all of the writers who dealt with Genesis and origins as an integral element of a philosophical , political , critical , or literary program would be a well - nigh ...
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... garden planted by God in Genesis 2 (“east of Eden,” as the King James, or Authorized Version of 1611 has it). This utopian garden found itself relocated many times during the early modern period and the eighteenth century. Most ...
... garden planted by God in Genesis 2 (“east of Eden,” as the King James, or Authorized Version of 1611 has it). This utopian garden found itself relocated many times during the early modern period and the eighteenth century. Most ...
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... garden: “And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil” (2:9). Given its status ...
... garden: “And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil” (2:9). Given its status ...
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... Garden of Eden but substantially revising the actual terms of existence with reference to a newly imagined version of P. This is the dialectic of origin and goal: the desired future can be attained only by returning to, and hence ...
... Garden of Eden but substantially revising the actual terms of existence with reference to a newly imagined version of P. This is the dialectic of origin and goal: the desired future can be attained only by returning to, and hence ...
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Dr Miltons Guide or the Utopia Within | |
The Passion of JeanJacques Rousseau or the Dystopia Within | |
Wollstonecrafts Body Politics or Philosophy in the Bedroom | |
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