This book demonstrates that ancient Christian Gnosticism was an ancient form of cultural criticism in a mythological garb. It establishes that, much like modern forms of critical theory, including the Frankfurt School and queer theory, ancient Gnosticism was set on deconstructing mainstream discourses and cultural premises.

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Gnosticism, Gnostics and their Discontents
Chapter 1: Methodology
Chapter 2: Gnosticism as Ancient Cultural Criticism: A Historical Approach
Chapter 3: Gnosticism and Modern Cultural Criticism: A Comparative Approach
Chapter 4: Paradigm Inversion: Gnosticism at the Origins of Christianity
Conclusions
Bibliography
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