German Mysticism From Hildegard of Bingen to Ludwig Wittgenstein: A Literary and Intellectual History
Document Type
Book
Publication Date
1993
Abstract
This book offers the reader an introduction to the writings of Hildegard of Bingen, Meister Eckhart, Tauler, Nicholas of Cusa, Paracelsus, Jacob Boehme, Angelus Silesius, Novalis and includes the more recent thinkers, such as Schopenhauer and Wittgenstein, who were influenced by the tradition. It is the first study of its scope to take into account the much ignored historical preconditions of German mysticism and the first to trace the thematic evolution of mystical literature from a core of biblical and Augustinian materials. It also follows in the footsteps of recent scholarship in showing how German mysticism interacts with other currents in intellectual history such as the Reformation, Romanticism, or Modernism. Instead of murky generalizations, the reader will find clear discussions of representative literary documents, analyzed with an eye to theme, source, style, function, and influence.
Recommended Citation
Weeks, Andrew, "German Mysticism From Hildegard of Bingen to Ludwig Wittgenstein: A Literary and Intellectual History" (1993). Faculty Publications-Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. 98.
https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/fpllc/98
Comments
This book was originally published as German Mysticism from Hildegard of Bingen to Ludwig Wittgenstein: A Literary and Intellectual History. Albany: SUNY Press, 1993 (290 pages). “The Visible and the Invisible: Hildegard of Bingen and Female Visionary Mysticism,” pp. 39-67; “The Outer and the Inner: The Reflective Mysticism of Eckhart, Seuse, and Tauler,” pp. 69-98; “The Finite and the Infinite,” pp. 99-116.