Nostalgia for the Absolute
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Nostalgia for the Absolute

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Nostalgia for the Absolute

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Writer and scholar George Steiner's Massey Lectures are just as cogent today as when he delivered them in 1974 -- perhaps even more so. He argues that Western culture's moral and emotional emptiness stems from the decay of formal religion. He examines the alternate mythologies (Marxism, etc.) and fads of irrationality (astrology, the occult). Steiner argues that this decay and the failure of the mythologies have created a nostalgia for the absolute that is growing and leading us to a massive clash between truth and human survival.

Ultimately he suggests that we can only reduce the impact of this collision course if we continue, as disinterestedly as possible, to ask questions and seek answers in the face of our increasingly complex world.

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Publisher
House of Anansi Press
Year
1997
ISBN
9780887848698
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Sociology of Religion
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. The Secular Messiahs
  6. Voyages Into The Interior
  7. The Last Garden
  8. The Little Green Men
  9. Does The Truth have a Future?