| Nostalgia for the Absolute Contributor(s): Steiner, George (Author) |
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ISBN: 0887845940 ISBN-13: 9780887845949 Publisher: House of Anansi Press OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1997 Annotation: The decline of formal religious systems has left a moral and emotional emptiness in Western culture. George Steiner, internationally renowned thinker and scholar, pursues this and examines the alternative "mythologies" of Marxism, Freudian psychology, Lé vi-Straussian anthropology, and fads of irrationality. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Philosophy | Religious |
| Dewey: 209.04 |
| Series: Massey Lectures Series |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 4.98" W x 7.98" (0.18 lbs) 64 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The decline of formal religious systems has left a moral and emotional emptiness in Western culture. George Steiner, internationally renowned thinker and scholar, pursues this and examines the alternative mythologies of Marxism, Freudian psychology, Lévi-Straussian anthropology, and fads of irrationality. |