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Finite Transcendence

Existential Exile and the Myth of Home

by Steven A. Burr

  • Hardback
  • 210 pages
  • Publisher: Lexington Books
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.7 cm

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Absurdity, time, death - each pose a profound threat to Being, compelling us to face our limits and our finitude. Yet what does it mean to fully realize and experience these threats? Finite Transcendence: Existential Exile and the Myth of Home presents a thoughtful and thorough examination of these challenges and questions, arguing the universality of the realization of finitude in the experience of exile. By tracing the historical presence and experience of notions of 'faith' and 'exile' in Western thought from the Ancient Greeks to the present, this text demonstrates the fundamental character of each as constitutive components of what it means to be human. Essential elements of each are discussed, culminating in a compelling account of 'existential exile' as a definitive name for the human experience of finitude. A comprehensive analysis of the writings of Albert Camus follows, demonstrating an edifying articulation of, engagement with, and reconciliation of the condition of existential exile. Finally, based on the model suggested in Camus' approach, responses to exile are discussed and the meaning of home is articulated as the transcendence of exile.
Finite Transcendence and Sacred And The Profane
Sacred And The ProfaneFinite Transcendence

  • Author

    Steven A. Burr

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Lexington Books

  • Published

    May 2014

  • Weight

    454g

  • Page Count

    210

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.7 cm

  • ISBN

    9780739187951

  • ISBN-10

    0739187953

  • Eden Code

    4275307

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