Grammars of creation

Description

"Roaming across topics as diverse as the Hebrew Bible, the history of science and mathematics, the ontology of Heidegger, and the poetry of Paul Celan, Steiner examines how the twentieth century has placed in doubt the rationale and credibility of a future tense - the existence of hope. Acknowledging that technology and science may have replaced art and literature as the driving forces in our culture, Steiner warns that this has not happened without a significant loss. The forces of technology and science alone fail to illuminate inevitable human questions regarding value, faith, and meaning. And yet it is difficult to believe that the story out of Genesis has ended, Steiner observes, and he concludes this volume of reflections with an evocation of the endlessness of beginnings."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Series Statement

• Gifford lectures ;
• 1990.

Other Editions

• Grammars of creation: originating in the Gifford Lectures for 1990Yale University Press2001-01-01
• Grammars of creationFaber and Faber2001-01-01
• Grammars of CreationHardcoverFaber, London2001-01-01
• Grammars of creationYale University Press2002-01-01
• Grammars of CreationPaperbackFaber and Faber2002-02-18
• Grammars of CreationPaperbackYale University Press2002-09-01