| Description |
xxxii, 614 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Translation of: Ursprung und Gegenwart. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Part I. Foundations of the aperspectival world: a contribution to the history of the awakening of consciousness : Fundamental considerations -- The three European worlds : The unperspectival world ;The perspectival world ; The aperspectival world -- The four mutations of consciousness : On evolution, development, and mutation ; Origin or the archaic structure ; The magic structure ; The mythical structure ; The mental structure -- Mutations as an integral phenomenon: an intermediate summary : Cross-sections through the structures ; A digression on the unity of primal words ; A provisional statement of account: measure and mass ; The unique character of the structures (additional cross-sections) ; Concluding summary: mas as the integrality of his mutations -- The space-time constitution of the structures : The space-timelessness of the magic structure : The temporicity of the mythical structure ; The spacial emphasis of the mental structure -- On the history of the phenomena of soul and spirit : Methodological considerations ; The numinosum, mana, and the plurality of souls ; The soul's death-pole ; The symbol of soul ; On the symbolism of the spirit -- The previous forms of realization and thought : Dimensioning and realization ; Vital experiencing and undergone or psychic experience ; Oceanic thinking ; Perspectival thinking ; Paradoxical thinking -- The foundations of the aperspectival world : The ever-present origin (complementing cross-sections ; Summation and prospect. |
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Manifestations of the aperspectival world : an attempt at the concretion of the spiritual : The irruption of time : The awakening consciousness of freedom from time ; The awakening consciousness of integrity or the whole -- The new mutation : The climate of the new mutation ; The theme of the new mutation ; The new form of statement -- The nature of creativity : Creativity as an originary phenomenon ; The nature and transformation of poetry -- The new concepts : Inceptions of the new consciousness ; The fourth dimension ; Temporics -- Manifestations of the aperspectival world (I): The natural sciences : Mathematics and physics ; Biology -- Manifestations of the aperspectival world (II): The sciences of the mind : Psychology : Philosophy -- Manifestations of the aperspectival world (III): The social sciences : Jurisprudence ; Sociology and economics -- Manifestations of the aperspectival world (IV): The dual sciences -- Manifestations of the aperspectival world (V): The arts : Music ; Architecture ; Painting ; Literature -- Manifestations of the aperspectival world (VI): Summary : The aperspectival theme ; Daily life -- The two-fold task -- The concretion of the spiritual -- Postscript -- Remarks on etymology. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
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Civilization -- History.
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Civilization -- Philosophy.
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Intellectual life -- History.
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Civilization, Western.
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Civilization. (OCoLC)fst00862898
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Civilization -- Philosophy.
(OCoLC)fst00862931
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Civilization, Western. (OCoLC)fst00863138
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Intellectual life. (OCoLC)fst00975769
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Title |
Ursprung und Gegenwart. English
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Gebser, Jean. Ursprung und Gegenwart. English. Ever-present origin. Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, ©1985 (OCoLC)559401198 |
| ISBN |
9780821402191 (hardcover) |
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0821402196 (hardcover) |
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9780821407691 (paperback) |
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0821407694 (paperback) |
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