This hugely controversial work demonstrates convincingly how the world's three major monotheistic religionsâ??Christianity, Judaism, and Islamâ??have attempted to suppress knowledge, science, pleasure, and desire, condemning nonbelievers often to death.
Not since Nietzsche has a work so groundbreaking and explosive appeared, to question the role of the world's three major monotheistic religions. If Nietzsche proclaimed the death of God, Onfray starts from the premise that not only is God still very much alive but increasingly controlled by fundamentalists who pose a danger to the human race. Documenting the ravages from religious intolerance over the centuries, the author makes a strong case against the three religions for their obsession with purity and their contempt for reason and intelligence, individual freedom, desire and the human body, sexuality and pleasure, and for women in general. In their place, all three demand faith and belief, obedience and submission, extol the "next life" to the detriment of the here and now. Tightly argued, this is a work that is sure to stir debate on the role of religion in American societyâ??and polit… (más)
Dios no está absolutamente muerto, o si lo estaba, ahora se encuentra en la plenitud de su renacimiento, tanto en Occidente como en Oriente. De aquà la urgencia, según el autor de este libro, de un nuevo ateÃsmo, argumentado, solido y militante. De un ateÃsmo que no se defina sólo en negativo, sino que se presente como una postura nueva y positiva respecto a la vida, la historia y el mundo.
Información procedente del Conocimiento común italiano.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
A Raoul Vaneigem
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Información procedente del Conocimiento común italiano.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
Dio è morto? E' da vedere.
Citas
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Información procedente del Conocimiento común italiano.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
Essi sanno che esiste un solo mondo e che ogni offerta di un oltremondo ci fa perdere l'uso e il beneficio del solo mondo esistente. E' questo il vero peccato mortale.
This hugely controversial work demonstrates convincingly how the world's three major monotheistic religionsâ??Christianity, Judaism, and Islamâ??have attempted to suppress knowledge, science, pleasure, and desire, condemning nonbelievers often to death.
Not since Nietzsche has a work so groundbreaking and explosive appeared, to question the role of the world's three major monotheistic religions. If Nietzsche proclaimed the death of God, Onfray starts from the premise that not only is God still very much alive but increasingly controlled by fundamentalists who pose a danger to the human race. Documenting the ravages from religious intolerance over the centuries, the author makes a strong case against the three religions for their obsession with purity and their contempt for reason and intelligence, individual freedom, desire and the human body, sexuality and pleasure, and for women in general. In their place, all three demand faith and belief, obedience and submission, extol the "next life" to the detriment of the here and now. Tightly argued, this is a work that is sure to stir debate on the role of religion in American societyâ??and polit