Rage and the Word: Gilgamesh, Akhenaten, Moses and the Birth of the Metaphysical Age - Softcover

Ebert, John David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0985480238 ISBN 13: 9780985480233

Publisher: Post Egoism Media, 2014

Synopsis

The metaphysical age, according to Martin Heidegger, extends from Plato to Husserl, but in this new book by John David Ebert, the middle of the second millenium BC--a time of cultural collapse and disintegration--becomes its essential prelude. By 1300 BC, the Gilgamesh Epic was at the apogee of its popularity, while the utopian reforms of the rebel pharaoh Akhenaten had recently collapsed in failure. Moses was about to lead the Hebrews on the Exodus out of Egypt and the Trojan War, together with the collapse of most of the societies of the eastern Mediterranean, was only a century away. Ebert examines the three figures of Gilgamesh, Akhenaten and Moses as laying down the basic prototypes for rebellion against the reigning authorities of the instituted state religions in favor of the creation of new forms of renegade spirituality that will ultimately establish the foundations for the Western religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. In the process, the birth of the metaphysical age is shifted from Greece to the Near East in this short book that examines its earliest origins.

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About the Author

John David Ebert is a cultural critic and the author of nine books, including "Rage and the Word: Gilgamesh, Akhenaten, Moses and the Birth of the Metaphysical Age (Post Egoism Media, 2014), "Art After Metaphysics" (Create Space 2013), "Giant Humans, Tiny Worlds: Adventures in the Universe of Graphic Novels" (Create Space 2014), "Post-Classic Cinema" (Create Space, 2013), "The Age of Catastrophe: Disaster and Humanity in Modern Times" (McFarland, 2012); "The New Media Invasion: Digital Technologies and the World They Unmake" (McFarland, 2011); "Dead Celebrities, Living Icons: Tragedy and Fame in the Age of the Multimedia Superstar" (Praeger, 2010); "Celluloid Heroes & Mechanical Dragons: Film as the Mythology of Electronic Society" (Cybereditions, 2005); and "Twilight of the Clockwork God: Conversations on Science & Spirituality at the End of an Age" (Council Oak Books, 1999). He has a series of videos and audio albums on various philosophers posted on YouTube, Google Play and two websites: cinemadiscourse.com and cultural-discourse.com

Edition details

• Publisher: Post Egoism Media
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0985480238
• ISBN 13: 9780985480233
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 152