出版社: Princeton University Press
副标题: 11 Essays for How We Live Now
出版年: 2012-11-25
页数: 272
定价: EUR 21.94
装帧: Paperback
ISBN: 9780691156026
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Can secularism offer us moral, aesthetic, and spiritual satisfaction? Or does the secular view simply affirm a dog-eat-dog universe? At a time when the issues of religion, evolution, atheism, fundamentalism, Darwin, and science fill headlines and invoke controversy, "The Joy of Secularism" provides a balanced and thoughtful approach for understanding an enlightened, sympathetic...
Can secularism offer us moral, aesthetic, and spiritual satisfaction? Or does the secular view simply affirm a dog-eat-dog universe? At a time when the issues of religion, evolution, atheism, fundamentalism, Darwin, and science fill headlines and invoke controversy, "The Joy of Secularism" provides a balanced and thoughtful approach for understanding an enlightened, sympathetic, and relevant secularism for our lives today. Bringing together distinguished historians, philosophers, scientists, and writers, this book shows that secularism is not a mere denial of religion. Rather, this positive and necessary condition presents a vision of a natural and difficult world--without miracles or supernatural interventions--that is far richer and more satisfying than the religious one beyond. From various perspectives--philosophy, evolutionary biology, primate study, Darwinian thinking, poetry, and even bird-watching--the essays in this collection examine the wealth of possibilities that secularism offers for achieving a condition of fullness. Factoring in historical contexts, and ethical and emotional challenges, the contributors make an honest and heartfelt yet rigorous case for the secular view by focusing attention on aspects of ordinary life normally associated with religion, such as the desire for meaning, justice, spirituality, and wonder. Demonstrating that a world of secular enchantment is a place worth living in, "The Joy of Secularism" takes a new and liberating look at a valuable and complex subject. The contributors are William Connolly, Paolo Costa, Frans de Waal, Philip Kitcher, George Levine, Adam Phillips, Robert Richards, Bruce Robbins, Rebecca Stott, Charles Taylor, and David Sloan Wilson.
作者简介 · · · · · ·
乔治·莱文,罗格斯大学荣休教授,有多部论维多利亚时代文学以及文学与科学关系的著作,其中包括《达尔文与小说家》(1988)和《达尔文爱你》(2006)。专著《现实主义、伦理学与世俗主义》(2008)被英国文学与科学协会授予2008年度文学和科学类最佳图书奖。
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段超 :世俗主义:“祛魅之祛魅”
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世俗主义好,世界真奇妙
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查尔斯·泰勒:《祛魅-返魅》读书笔记
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导言 世俗的角度出发,探讨:“世俗主义是一种积极的而非消极的状态,它并不是对精神和宗教世界的否定,而是对我们正身处其中的世界的肯定;将我们的世界建立在世俗的基础之上,对于我们现世的幸福有着至关重要的意义;这样的世界可以把我们带入宗教一直许诺的‘丰足’状态。”... (展开)![](https://img2.doubanio.com/icon/u120136288-1.jpg)
世界免不了施魅!只是你想被什么施魅?
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世俗主义,我的理解就是“吃喝玩乐”,结果当然不会从书中找到如何吃喝玩乐的建议,精致优雅或者悠然自得的生活建议,建议还是选择各类心灵鸡汤丛书。 世俗主义,按照本书第一章中菲利普·基彻的理解,声言不存在在超自然实体,不存在符合“超验”这个说不清道不明的特征描述的... (展开)> 更多书评 5篇
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