Through Narcissus' glass darkly
Subtitle: the modern religion of conscience
By: David S. Pacini.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9780823229642
Subjects: Hobbes, Thomas, -- 1588-1679; Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, -- 1712-1778; Kant, Immanuel, -- 1724-1804; Conscience -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History; Philosophical theology -- History
Description: "Through Narcissus' Glass Darkly presents a genealogy and critique of the ideal of conscience in modern philosophical theology, particularly in the writings of Hobbes, Rousseau, and Kant. It shows why the apparently emancipatory rejection of heteronomy compromised the ideal of self-legislated freedom." "This unique and interdisciplinary interpretation of conscience makes an important contribution for scholars and students of modern philosophy, Christian theology, psychoanalytic theory, and literary criticism."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The looking glass religion; title: Unscaffolding religious madness; title: Disenchantment and the religion of conscience; title: Disfiguring the soul; title: Life without enigmatic remainder; title: The shattered mirror.