Dialectics and the Sublime in Underhill's Mysticism

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Gan, Peter Chong-Beng (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Θέματα: Philosophy.; Religion.; Philosophy, general.; Religious Studies, general.

This book represents a study of Evelyn Underhill’s premier work on mysticism, using Hegel’s dialectics and Kant’s theory of the sublime as interpretive tools. It especially focuses on two prominent features of Underhill’s text: the description of the mystical life as one permeated by an intense love...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface and Acknowledgements
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• 1.1: Evelyn Underhill and her foundational text on mysticism
• 1.2: Mysticism: concept, approaches and the thrust of this study
• 1.3: Writings on and by Underhill
• 1.4: Procedure
• 1.5: The chapters
• 1.6: A note on gender pronouns
• Chapter 2: Being-Becoming
• 2.1: Introduction
• 2.2: Vitalism: transcendence in this world of flux
• 2.3: A general configuration of being, becoming and infinite being
• 2.4: Being and becoming and the mediating dialectic
• 2.5: Being and becoming and the individualizing dialectic
• 2.6: Transcendence and immanence and the being-becoming dialectics
• 2.7: Sublimity and the two forms of mystical transcendence
• 2.7.1: The sublime in transcendence as including-exceeding
• 2.7.1.1: Experiencing divine reality as infinite
• 2.7.1.2: Experiencing all finite beings as immersed in infinite reality
• 2.7.2: The sublime in transcendence as excluding
• 2.8: Chapter conclusion
• Chapter 3: Infinity-Finitude
• 3.1: Introduction
• 3.2: Talking about infinity
• 3.2.1: Potential and actual infinities: establishing the contention
• 3.2.2: A synthesis of potential and actual infinities
• 3.3: Dialectical trinity
• 3.3.1: Configuring the relational structure of the trinity
• 3.3.2: Hegel’s infinity and trinity
• 3.4: The problem of objectivity in mystical intimacy
• 3.4.1: Trans subjectivism and mysticism
• 3.4.2: Objective idealism and mysticism
• 3.4.3: Tentative unitivism and mysticism
• 3.5: Chapter conclusion
• 4: Light-Darkness (I)
• 4.1: Introduction
• 4.2: A dialectical metaphor
• 4.2.1: Dialectical pairing
• 4.2.2: Dialectical procedure as negation of negation
• 4.3: Mysticism’s stage development: an overview
• 4.4: The dawn of the mystical quest
• 4.4.1: Testimonials on awakening
• 4.4.2: Sublime awakening
• 4.5: The first transformative night
• 4.5.1: Detachment
• 4.5.2: Mortification
• 4.5.3: Dialectical incorporation, universal-particular dialectic, and sublimity
• 4.6: Illumination
• 4.7: Chapter conclusion
• Chapter 5: Light-Darkness (II)
• 5.1: Introduction
• 5.2: The second transformative night
• 5.2.1: Dark night and depression
• 5.2.2: Sublimity and the negation of negation
• 5.2.3: Darkness as emptiness
• 5.2.4: Oscillation and co-existence of light and darkness
• 5.2.5: Purification of sense and spirit
• 5.2.6: Mystical death
• 5.3: The Unitive Life
• 5.3.1: Experience of mystical union and the issue of the content of consciousness
• 5.3.2: Union experience versus identity experience
• 5.3.3: The enduring unitive life
• 5.4: Chapter conclusion
• Chapter 6: Conclusion
• 6.1: Sublime beauty and beautiful sublime
• 6.2: Overall summing-up and suggestions for future researches
• References
• Index.