Reading Modernity, Modernism and Religion Today : Spinoza and Van Gogh

Name: Reading Modernity, Modernism and Religion Today : Spinoza and Van Gogh
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Reading Modernity, Modernism and Religion TodaySpinoza and Van Gogh\nAuthor(s): Patrick Grant\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032896694, 978-1032896694\nSynopsis\nFeelings of rootlessness, fragmentation and loneliness are endemic in todays secular societies. In the late nineteenth century, mile Durkheim described this kind of social malaise as anomie, a concept this book locates within a historical narrative of the emergence of Modernism from Modernity. The book focuses on two representative figures, Benedictus de Spinoza and Vincent van Gogh, on whose works it offers significant new perspectives. Spinoza drew up a blueprint for Modernity, which is to say, the cultural transformations that took place as a result of the Scientific Revolution and the Protestant Reformation. In counterpoint to his overriding confidence in reason, a persistent current in Spinozas writing shows how concerned he was about a possible l.