Holy Beauty: Prolegomena to an Orthodox Philokalic Aesthetics James Clarke &. Co
Holy Beauty: Prolegomena to an Orthodox Philokalic Aesthetics James Clarke &. Co The philosophical and theological study of aesthetics has a long and rich history, stretching back to Platos…
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Holy Beauty: Prolegomena to an Orthodox Philokalic Aesthetics James Clarke &. Co
The philosophical and theological study of aesthetics has a long and rich history, stretching back to Platos identification of ultimate goodness and beauty, together representing the eternal form. In its place, Greek theologians have sought to emphasise philokalia as a truer theological discipline. Recent trends in aesthetic theory, however, characterised by a focus on the beautiful at the expense of the good, have made it an object of suspicion in the Orthodox Church.
Out of this dialogue, Stamoulis builds a model for the re-appropriation of Orthodoxys patristic and Byzantine past that is no longer defined in antithesis to the Western present. Seeking to reverse this trend, Chrysostomos Stamoulis brings into conversation a plethora of voices, from Church fathers to contemporary poets, and from a Marxist political theorist to a literary critic. The openness he proposes allows us