The Pertinence of Exodus: Philosophical Questions on the Contemporary Symbolism of the Biblical Story
Language: English
Published by Vernon Art and Science Inc., US, 2020
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- Title
- The Pertinence of Exodus: Philosophical Questions on the Contemporary Symbolism of the Biblical Story
- Author
- Andreas Oberprantacher, Aldo Bisceglia, Fabio D. Palumbo, Giulio M. Chiodi, Maria Felicia Schepis, Laurin Mackowitz, Rita Fulco, Maria Grazia Recupero, Angela Cimato, Valentina Surace, Michele Zanardi
- Publisher
- Vernon Art and Science Inc., US
- Publication year
- 2020
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1622739051
- ISBN 13
- 9781622739059
The Exodus has a risky and combative character that links individuals to their unconscious, to the uncertainty of their reality, and to the possibility of the disturbing event of the incalculable arrival of the Other. This encounter with the unknown does not expect a messianic salvation but a human solution, which is aware that change requires the abandonment of self-referential identities. This eccentricity is more than evasive desertion or escapism, but an experiment with new modes of organizing community that grows on the responsibilities that go with it.
This collected volume gathers contemporary philosophical perspectives on the Exodus, examining the story’s symbolic potentials and dynamics in the light of current social political events. The imagination of the Promised Land, the figure of the migrant, the provisional and precarious dwelling of the camp, the promise of a better future or the gradual estrangement from inherited habits are all challenges of our time that are already conceptualized in the Exodus. The authors reaffirm the pertinence of the story by addressing the fundamental link between the ancient narrative and the human condition of the 21st century.
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About the Author
Laurin Mackowitz holds a PhD from the Department of Philosophy at the University of Innsbruck. His doctoral thesis analyzes critical and affirmative interpretations of the Exodus myth in the 20th century, demonstrating the ongoing importance of narratives in post-metaphysical philosophical and political reasoning. In the past two years he has been working at the Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies at the University of Alberta, Canada, and the Department of Philosophy at the University of Innsbruck. His work is published in a monograph and several articles concerning the imagination and narration of collective identity, the critique of unjust globalization, the tactics of artistic activism, the performance of multiculturalism, and the spirituality of social movements. His most recent article is The Pitfalls of Territorial Belonging: Violence and Amnesia in the Homeland Metaphor (Lagos, 2019).
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