Producing Life. Meister Eckhart, Postmodern Spirituality, and the 'Poverty of Thought'

Autor(en)

Martina Roesner

Abstrakt

In the wake of Heidegger’s deconstruction of Occidental metaphysics, contemporary philosophy and theology have mostly subscribed to a passive, kenotic ideal of reason. Often this paradigm of ‘weak thought’ is associated with Meister Eckhart’s doctrine of ‘detachment’ (Gelassenheit), which invites man to renounce all his activity and become completely passive and receptive to the influence of God’s grace. This paper intends to call into question the tacit identification between ‘weak reason’ and Eckhart’s ideal of ‘poor reason’ by re-examining his theory of the intellect.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Bibelwissenschaft

Journal

Studies in Spirituality

Band

26

Seiten

197-215

Anzahl der Seiten

19

ISSN

0926-6453

DOI

https://doi.org/10.2143/SIS.26.0.3180808

Publikationsdatum

2016

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

603118 Religionsphilosophie, 603223 Theologische Anthropologie, 603221 Spirituelle Theologie, 603104 Geschichte der Philosophie

Schlagwörter

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/producing-life-meister-eckhart-postmodern-spirituality-and-the-poverty-of-thought(d05f8f38-53fd-47d2-bc8b-5a396d58797d).html