Andrew Kaethler

The Synthesis of Athens and Jerusalem

George Grant's Defense Against Modernity

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the way in which George Grant, one
of Canada''s most famous political philosophers, holds
together the great intellectual traditions of Athens
and Jerusalem. By combining these two great
traditions in an uneasy synthesis Grant sought to
remove the impurities of technology and historicism.
Inevitably this brought him into contact with the
great philosophical geniuses Martin Heidegger and
Friedrich Nietzsche. These German thinkers brought
great clarity to Grant''s thought,but they also
represented that which Grant sought to defend
against, modernity. Grant''s synthesis of Platonism
and western Christianity provides the checks and
balance to learn from Heidegger and Nietzsche and yet
enough force to defend against them. With this
synthesis Grant hopes to provide a horizon with which
justice and morality can be measured, and a way of
knowing in which intimations of God are visible.
Grant is successful in this respect; however, his
engagement with Heidegger and Nietzsche did not leave
his theology unscathed.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Seitenzahl: 116
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm
• ISBN-13: 9783639112535
• ISBN-10: 3639112539
• Artikelnr.: 25865950

Autorenporträt

Andrew Kaethler currently lives with his wife and two daughters
in Klaipeda Lithuania and teaches philosophy and theology at LCC
International University. He completed his MA in Religion,
Culture and Ethics at Trinity Western University.