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edition:eBook
category: Social Science
published: Mar 1997
ISBN:9780887848698
publisher: House of Anansi Press Inc

Nostalgia for the Absolute

by George Steiner

tagged: sociology of religion, folklore & mythology
Description

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.

About the Author
George Steiner is an internationally renowned writer and scholar.

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