Grammars of Creation : Originating in the Gifford Lectures of 1990

Steiner, George

ISBN 10: 0300088639 / ISBN 13: 9780300088632

Published by Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, U.S.A., 2001

About this Item

Slightly smaller book, black cloth spine, orange boards, gilt very fine on spine, dark gray inside covers and adjacent end papers, 344 pages. Includes the Bible, ontology of Heidegger, party of Paul Celan, Marx, Luther etc. DJ beneath mylar has black background with color photo of early machine on front, praise on back from Edward Said, C.P. Snow and others. DJ and book, both As New.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Grammars of Creation : Originating in the Gifford Lectures of 1990
• Publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300088639
• ISBN 13: 9780300088632
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Essay

About this title

Synopsis

Roaming across topics as diverse as the Hebrew Bible, the history of science and mathematics, the ontology of Heidegger, and the poetry of Paul Celan, Steiner examines how the twentieth century has placed in doubt the rationale and credibility of a future tense - the existence of hope. Acknowledging that technology and science may have replaced art and literature as the driving forces in our culture, Steiner warns that this has not happened without a significant loss. The forces of technology and science alone fail to illuminate inevitable human questions regarding value, faith, and meaning. And yet it is difficult to believe that the story out of Genesis has ended, Steiner observes, and he concludes this volume of reflections with an evocation of the endlessness of beginnings.

About the Author

George Steiner is Fellow of Churchill College at Cambridge.