Some New World
Myths of Supernatural Belief in a Secular Age
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Product details:
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Date of Publication 18 April 2024
- ISBN 9781009477222
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages488 pages
- Size 236x161x40 mm
- Weight 840 g
- Language English 546
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Short description:
This masterful contribution to intellectual history offers a better understanding of secular modernity by focusing on 'naturalism', 'supernaturalism', and 'belief'.
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In his famous argument against miracles, David Hume gets to the heart of the modern problem of supernatural belief. 'We are apt', says Hume, 'to imagine ourselves transported into some new world; where the whole form of nature is disjointed, and every element performs its operation in a different manner, from what it does at present.' This encapsulates, observes Peter Harrison, the disjuncture between contemporary Western culture and medieval societies. In the Middle Ages, people saw the hand of God at work everywhere. Indeed, many suppose that 'belief in the supernatural' is likewise fundamental nowadays to religious commitment. But dichotomising between 'naturalism' and 'supernaturalism' is actually a relatively recent phenomenon, just as the notion of 'belief' emerged historically late. In this masterful contribution to intellectual history, the author overturns crucial misconceptions - 'myths' - about secular modernity, challenging common misunderstandings of the past even as he reinvigorates religious thinking in the present.
'This is a superb book that takes on big questions and offers satisfying answers. Harrison's very careful examination of the development of the concepts of 'supernaturalism' and 'belief' is full of brilliant, new insights. This major new work will only add to his reputation as one of the leading figures in the humanities.' Bernard Lightman, Professor of Humanities, York University, Toronto, author of Victorian Popularizers of Science: Designing Nature for New Audiences (2007) and The Origins of Agnosticism: Victorian Unbelief and the Limits of Knowledge (1987)
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Hume's dilemma; 2. Languages of belief; 3. Inventing epistemology; 4. The age of evidences; 5. The birth of the supernatural; 6. The shape of history; 7. What the Greeks saw; Bibliography; Index.
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