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The Ascetic Ideal: Genealogies of Life-Denial in Religion, Morality, Art, Science, and Philosophy Mulhall, Stephen (Professor of Philosophy and Fellow of New College, Professor of Philosophy and Fellow of New College, University of Oxford)
The Ascetic Ideal: Genealogies of Life-Denial in Religion, Morality, Art, Science, and Philosophy
Mulhall, Stephen (Professor of Philosophy and Fellow of New College, Professor of Philosophy and Fellow of New College, University of Oxford)
Stephen Mulhall traces the development of an ideal of asceticism through Western culture. He shows how influential this self-denying attitude to life has been not just in religion and morality but in aesthetics, science, and philosophy. And he illuminates the role of the ascetic ideal in the thought of Nietzsche, who introduced the concept.
320 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | August 12, 2021 |
| ISBN13 | 9780192896889 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 312 |
| Dimensions | 240 × 162 × 28 mm · 630 g |