Books by "George Robert Stow Mead"
12 books found
In The Power of the Resurrected Body the journey from ancient Jewish beliefs to modern Christian understandings of the afterlife is explored in depth. The book delves into the transformative promise of bodily resurrection, paralleling Jesus’ own resurrection. Drawing on historical and cultural perspectives, it examines the evolving concepts of the body, from Hellenistic Judaism to post-Enlightenment Christianity. The mystery of Jesus’ physical existence—his birth, death, and the empty tomb—serves as a focal point for understanding the nature of the resurrected body. Engaging with diverse viewpoints, the study highlights the significance of bodily continuity and the unique spiritual and physical dimensions of resurrection. This book offers a fresh perspective on the role of the body in the afterlife, exploring its preparation and preservation as key to eternal existence.
In fourteen essays that speak to the full breadth of George L. Mosse’s intellectual horizons and scholarly legacy, Masses and Man explores radical nationalism, fascism, and Jewish modernity in twentieth-century Europe. Breaking from the conventions of historical analysis, Mosse shows that “secular religions” like fascism cannot be understood only as the products of socioeconomic or intellectual histories but rather must be approached first and foremost as cultural phenomena. Masses and Man comprises three parts. The first lays out a cultural history of nationalism, essentially the first of its kind, emphasizing the importance of sacred expressions like myths, symbols, and rituals as appropriated in a political context. The second zeroes in on fascism’s most dramatic irruptions in European history in the rise of Italian Fascism and the Nazi Party in Germany, elucidating these as not just political movements but also cultural and even aesthetic ones. The third part considers nationalism and fascism from the particular standpoint of German Jews. Taken in full, the volume offers an eloquent summation of Mosse’s groundbreaking insights into European nationalism, fascism, and Jewish history in the twentieth century. A new critical introduction by Enzo Traverso helpfully situates Mosse’s work in context and exposes the many ways in which Masses and Man, first published in 1980, remains relevant today.