Ferdinand Saumarez Smith

Gebundenes Buch

Eleusis and Enlightenment

Beschreibung

The age of Enlightenment - the so-called age of reason - was also, paradoxically, the age of the Eleusinian mysteries. By attempting to reveal Demeter's secret cult, British, French, and German thinkers and freemasons of the eighteenth century revealed Christianity's pagan origins.

Autor

Ferdinand Saumarez Smith, PhD (2022), King's College London, is a historian of ideas and religion. As the director of Factum Foundation for Digital Technology in Preservation in the UK he has also curated exhibitions and organised cultural preservation projects worldwide.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: World Bank Publications
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 160mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9789004547544
• ISBN-10: 9004547541
• Artikelnr.: 69644160