Of God the Devil and the Jews
Erschienen am 11. Juli 2023
186 Seiten
978-1-5040-8567-0 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
The noted philosopher shares a far-ranging meditation on the necessity of faith and the many misuses of religion through history.
In this volume, Dagobert D. Runes illuminates the history of Western culture in the light of Christian ethics. By exposing the lies and contradictions of the self-proclaimed followers and defenders of faith, he presents a profound indictment of the Western world, and a call to act in accord with our professed ideals. Speaking from his deep knowledge of history as well as religious and philosophical thought, Runes weaves a personal testament that is both emotionally powerful and intellectually rigorous.Weitere Details
Person
Dagobert D. Runes was born in Zastavna, Bukovina, Austria-Hungary (now in Ukraine), and received a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Viennain 1924. In 1926 he emigrated to the United States, where he became editor of the
Modern Thinker and later
Current Digest. From 1931 to 1934 he was director of the Institute for Advanced Education in New York City, and in 1941 he founded the Philosophical Library, a spiritual organization and publishing house.
Runes published an English translation of Karl Marx's On the Jewish Question under the title A World Without Jews, featuring an introduction that was clearly antagonistic to extreme Marxism and "its materialism," yet he did not entirely negate Marxist theory. He also edited several works presenting the ideas and history of philosophy to a general audience, including his Dictionary of Philosophy.
Runes published an English translation of Karl Marx's On the Jewish Question under the title A World Without Jews, featuring an introduction that was clearly antagonistic to extreme Marxism and "its materialism," yet he did not entirely negate Marxist theory. He also edited several works presenting the ideas and history of philosophy to a general audience, including his Dictionary of Philosophy.
Inhalt
- Intro
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- The Good God and God
- Prayers that Never Reach the Heavens
- Christ Stopped at Georgia
- God at the Crossroads
- Forgotten Religions
- The Devil Who Came to Stay
- The Devil in the Tongue
- Amor Apostolorum
- Jew-baiting and the Holy Ghost
- Learning of the Heart
- Science off the Tracks
- The Crime of Punishment
- History in Full Dress
- Humility, the Devil's Grace
- Convert Jews and Convex Christians
- Literature as Merchandise
- Glands and the Heavens
- Proverbs and Profits
- Objectors Without Conscience
- The School of Submission
- The Orators and the Yoke
- Schadenfreude
- You Can't Catch Up with the Past
- The Angels Don't Keep Pets
- Sin, Sex and Sanity
- Biology and Biography
- The Arts and the Nothing
- Hearsay and Heartsay
- The Jealous, the Envious and the Fisheyed
- Fame Wearies the Hunter
- The Heinzelmaennchen of Psychology
- Syntax and Sense
- Death is not a Sudden Guest
- The Nobodies and the Somebodies
- Index
- Copyright
