Towards a History of Consciousness: Space, Time, and DeathTowards a History of Consciousness: Space, Time, and Death offers a cogent and compelling discussion of the neglected topic of the history of consciousness. An analysis of our postmodern ontology reveals deep but neglected roots. What are those roots and how did they grow? Is there a self without consciousness? What is the relation of the self to the individual? Does the recognition of death contribute to the growth of consciousness? As a survey of western history, this work pushes the boundaries of the understanding of consciousness in intriguing and sometimes provocative directions. This integrative study is intended for the serious, curious student and thinker. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
Beginnings PreHistory to Antiquity | 9 |
Medieval Persistence of Classical Antiquity | 53 |
The Renaissance Altered Space and Time | 95 |
The Reformation of Early Modernity | 137 |
Scientific Revolution and Detachment | 179 |
Descartes and Consciousness | 223 |
John Locke and the Language of Consciousness | 267 |
The Fractured Age Twentieth Century Transformation | 401 |
A Time and Space for Consciousness | 445 |
CONCLUSION | 491 |
QuasiEssentialistic Characterizations | 495 |
Contrastive Terms | 497 |
CrossReferences | 499 |
NOTES | 505 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 555 |
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