The Future Of Unbelief
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: First Ed.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears but light chipping around edges. Page Condition: Tanning and foxing. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Binding intact.
At a time when the great ideological certainties of the West were crumbling, Gerhard Szczesny issued a bold and unflinching challenge to the dominance of religious thought in modern life. The Future of Unbelief presents a rigorous philosophical argument for a secular humanism grounded not in nihilism, but in intellectual honesty and the full acceptance of human responsibility. Translated from the German by Edward B. Garside, the work stands as a landmark contribution to the mid-twentieth-century debate between faith and reason, confronting the question of whether humanity can — and must — construct a meaningful existence without recourse to the divine. Szczesny writes with the precision of a philosopher and the passion of a cultural critic, dismantling the assumptions that underpin organised religion and arguing that unbelief is not a deficiency of the spirit, but its highest expression. The book resonates deeply within the tradition of European humanist thought, drawing on a lineage that stretches from the Enlightenment through to existentialism. For any reader who has wrestled with the place of faith in a rational world, this work leaves a question hanging in the air that refuses to be easily answered.
Author: Gerhard Szczesny
Format: Hardback
Published: 1962, Heinemann
Genre: Philosophy
Edition: First Ed.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears but light chipping around edges. Page Condition: Tanning and foxing. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Binding intact.
At a time when the great ideological certainties of the West were crumbling, Gerhard Szczesny issued a bold and unflinching challenge to the dominance of religious thought in modern life. The Future of Unbelief presents a rigorous philosophical argument for a secular humanism grounded not in nihilism, but in intellectual honesty and the full acceptance of human responsibility. Translated from the German by Edward B. Garside, the work stands as a landmark contribution to the mid-twentieth-century debate between faith and reason, confronting the question of whether humanity can — and must — construct a meaningful existence without recourse to the divine. Szczesny writes with the precision of a philosopher and the passion of a cultural critic, dismantling the assumptions that underpin organised religion and arguing that unbelief is not a deficiency of the spirit, but its highest expression. The book resonates deeply within the tradition of European humanist thought, drawing on a lineage that stretches from the Enlightenment through to existentialism. For any reader who has wrestled with the place of faith in a rational world, this work leaves a question hanging in the air that refuses to be easily answered.