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Die Sehnsucht nach Transzendenz. Zu ihrer Bedeutung im Werk von Botho Strauß

The article firstly considers the way in which social theories and world views originally followed by the author Botho Strauß himself have, in his view, led a longing for transcendence in the wrong direction and ignored the true significance of technology. However, Strauß’ own analysis, which incorporates insights from the natural sciences in particular, fails to take adequate account of creative activity. The article then explores another perspective emerging from Strauß’ representation of the state of unhappy consciousness and the various individual attempts made to transcend this. Finally, Strauß’ own attempt to achieve transcendence through art is critically examined