Beyond the Promised Land: The Movement and the MythBetween the Lines, 8 dec. 2010 - 224 pagini Iconoclast David F. Noble traces the evolution and eclipse of the biblical mythology of the Promised Land, the foundational story of Western Culture. Part impassioned manifesto, part masterful survey of opposed philosophical and economic schools, Beyond the Promised Land brings into focus the twisted template of the Western imagination and its faith-based market economy. From the first recorded versions of ‘the promise’ saga in ancient Babylon, to the Zapatistas’ rejection of promises never kept, Noble explores the connections between Judeo-Christian belief and corporate globalization. Inspiration for activists and students alike. |
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... exiled. Cutofffrom any sustained terrestrial connection, theyhave soughttheir place in time, in an otherworldlyarena of purpose,meaning, and direction, in reified ideasofGod, history, the future, universality,and transcendence. At ...
... exiled. Cutofffrom any sustained terrestrial connection, theyhave soughttheir place in time, in an otherworldlyarena of purpose,meaning, and direction, in reified ideasofGod, history, the future, universality,and transcendence. At ...
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... exiles from another land whosefabled fortunes had longsince faded.Hence, where theEpic had mirrored the moresof asettled society, thelater text reflected the outlook ofa displaced people:a profound sense of estrangement anda restless ...
... exiles from another land whosefabled fortunes had longsince faded.Hence, where theEpic had mirrored the moresof asettled society, thelater text reflected the outlook ofa displaced people:a profound sense of estrangement anda restless ...
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... Exile, the Return—haveany historical valueremains anopen question,and the only scholarly prudent approachto them, inthe absenceof evidence tothecontrary, must beone ofscepticism. But, liketheEpic of Gilgamesh, itisas myth rather ...
... Exile, the Return—haveany historical valueremains anopen question,and the only scholarly prudent approachto them, inthe absenceof evidence tothecontrary, must beone ofscepticism. But, liketheEpic of Gilgamesh, itisas myth rather ...
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... exile from paradise. TheHebrew tale thus begins withmankind's lossof divine graceandestrangement fromits true Godgiven identity andexistence. The fact of death asthe inescapable fate of mortalsis determined inthevarious versions of the ...
... exile from paradise. TheHebrew tale thus begins withmankind's lossof divine graceandestrangement fromits true Godgiven identity andexistence. The fact of death asthe inescapable fate of mortalsis determined inthevarious versions of the ...
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... exile hadgiven wayto an accommodation to the exigenciesofa relatively stable existence. While on the onehand the people of thepromise intensified their effortsto maintainritual purity and cultic identityand avoid assimilation into ...
... exile hadgiven wayto an accommodation to the exigenciesofa relatively stable existence. While on the onehand the people of thepromise intensified their effortsto maintainritual purity and cultic identityand avoid assimilation into ...
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