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- Description
- 1 online resource (xxi, 218 pages)
- Summary
- "In The History of the Devil, Flusser frames the human situation from a pseudo-religious point of view. The phenomenal world, or reality in a general sense, is identified as the Devil, and that which transcends phenomena, or the philosophers' and theologians' reality, is identified as God. Referencing Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus in its structure, Flusser provocatively leads the reader through an existential exploration of nothingness as the bedrock of reality, where phenomenon and transcendence, Devil and God become fused and confused. So radically confused, in fact, that Flusser suggests we abandon the quotation marks from the terms Devil and God. At this moment of abysmal confusion, we must make the existential decisions that give direction to our lives"--Publisher's description.
- Series Statement
- Flusser Archive collection
- Flusser, Vilém, 1920-1991. Flusser Archive collection.
- Uniform Title
- História do Diabo. English (Online)
- Alternative Title
- História do Diabo.
- Subject
- Note
- Translation of: História do Diabo.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Introduction -- The Devil's childhood -- Lust -- Wrath -- Gluttony -- Envy and greed -- Pride -- Sloth and the sadness of the heart -- Post scriptum.
- LCCN
- 2014943771
- OCLC
- ssj0001562251
- Author
Flusser, Vilém, 1920-1991.
- Title
The history of the devil [electronic resource] / Vilém Flusser ; translated by Rodrigo Maltez Novaes ; edited by Siegfried Zielinski.
- Imprint
Minneapolis, Minnesota : Univocal Publishing, [2014]
- Edition
First edition.
- Series
Flusser Archive collection
Flusser, Vilém, 1920-1991. Flusser Archive collection.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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- Added Author
Novaes, Rodrigo Maltez.
Zielinski, Siegfried.