Nostalgia for the Absolute
Author | : George Steiner |
Publisher | : House of Anansi |
Total Pages | : 74 |
Release | : 1997 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780887845949 |
ISBN-13 | : 0887845940 |
Rating | : 4/5 (49 Downloads) |
Download or read book Nostalgia for the Absolute written by George Steiner and published by House of Anansi. This book was released on 1997 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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, L vi-Straussian anthropology, and fads of irrationality.