Autor: UK. ) Bishop Paul (Chair of Modern Languages University of Glasgow

The Descent of the Soul and the Archaic explores the motif of katabasis (a "descent" into an imaginal underworld) and the importance it held for writers from antiquity to the present, with …

The Descent of the Soul and the Archaic explores the motif of katabasis (a "descent" into an imaginal underworld) and the importance it held for writers from antiquity to the present, with …

This book provides a unique overview of and introduction to the work of the German psychologist and philosopher Ludwig Klages (1872-1956), an astonishing figure in the history of German ideas. Centra …

This book provides a unique overview of and introduction to the work of the German psychologist and philosopher Ludwig Klages (1872-1956), an astonishing figure in the history of German ideas. Centra …

The word ‘archaic’ derives from the Greek arkhaios, which in turn is related to the word arche, meaning ‘principle’, ‘origin’, or ‘cause’; the notion of ecstasy, or ekstasis, implies standing outside …

The word ‘archaic’ derives from the Greek arkhaios, which in turn is related to the word arche, meaning ‘principle’, ‘origin’, or ‘cause’; the notion of ecstasy, or ekstasis, implies standing outside …

What are the blissful islands? And where are they? This book takes as its starting-point the chapter called ‘On the Blissful Islands’ in Part Two of Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra, and its enigma …

What are the blissful islands? And where are they? This book takes as its starting-point the chapter called ‘On the Blissful Islands’ in Part Two of Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra, and its enigma …