Author
Gerhard Sauter
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published
January 1996
Today's Price
£12.95
Free UK Delivery
Available - Usually dispatched within 4 days
The Question of Meaning
Today's Price £12.95
Life giving resources. Faithfully delivered.
FREE delivery on orders over £10
Serving over 2 million Christians in the UK
with Bibles, Books and Church Supplies
Our Buy-Now-Pay-Later accounts used
by over 4,000 UK Churches & Schools
Author
Gerhard Sauter
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published
January 1996
£12.95
Free UK Delivery
Available - Usually dispatched within 4 days
The Question of Meaning
Today's Price £12.95
This is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable.
In this penetrating study of the concept of meaning, Gerhard Sauter shows that -- contrary to popular belief -- the human quest for meaning is a relatively recent development, arising only after the deconstruction of metaphysics at the end of the nineteenth century. Since then, people have continually sought after the meaning of history, the meaning of their labors, their sufferings, their lives. In an attempt to construct new areas of orientation, meaning has become a dominant term in hermeneutics, in philosophy of language, in psychology, in sociology, in social theory, and in all domains influenced by them, including politics. In former times the term meaning related to statements that could be proven as either true or false, while the term sense marked the ability to perceive reality and to respond to it. In this careful and elaborate analysis of the history of the term meaning, Sauter reevaluates the differences and the connections between meaning and sense in the context of an age that has jettisoned its own metaphysical moorings. Sauter interprets biblical references to meaning -- in Job and Ecclesiastes, for example -- and compares them with modern concepts of the term. He probes beyond the quest for meaning to ask what the quest itself means, and questions whether the modern quest for meaning in fact weakens our perceptions of everyday reality. His conclusions lead to a new kind of quest: an intellectual and spiritual adventure to discover sense encountering contingent reality.
Author
Gerhard Sauter
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published
January 1996
Weight
259g
Page Count
168
Dimensions
153 x 229 x 10 mm
ISBN
9780802807243
ISBN-10
0802807240
Eden Code
1159145
More Information
Author/Creator: Gerhard Sauter
ISBN: 9780802807243
Publisher: Eerdmans Publishing Company
Release Date: January 1996
Weight: 259g
Dimensions: 153 x 229 x 10 mm
Eden Code: 1159145