The decline of formal religious systems has left a moral and emotional emptiness in Western culture. George Steiner, internationally renowned thinker and schola…
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Nostalgia for the Absolute

by George Steiner

Pages
74

About this book

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, LŽ vi-Straussian anthropology, and fads of irrationality.