The Paradoxes of Modernity

Creating Belief through Art, Community, and Ritual

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Simpson, Zachary

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238 Seiten

Englisch

Springererschienen am11.05.20221st ed. 2022

Thus arises the second paradox of modernity: the best tools we have for realizing values are those which devalue the individual modern subject.The last part of the book attempts to make three normative points regarding modernity.mehr

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KlappentextThus arises the second paradox of modernity: the best tools we have for realizing values are those which devalue the individual modern subject.The last part of the book attempts to make three normative points regarding modernity.

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ISBN/GTIN978-3-030-99055-8

ProduktartBuch

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Springer

Erscheinungsjahr2022

Erscheinungsdatum11.05.2022

Auflage1st ed. 2022

Seiten238 Seiten

SpracheEnglisch

IllustrationenIX, 238 p.

Artikel-Nr.50471172

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GenrePhilosophie/Religion/Geisteswissenschaften

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Chapter 1: Introduction (with added material on modernity).- Chapter 2: Skepticism and Beyond.- Chapter 3: Noble Lies, Fantasies, and Fictions.- Chapter 4: The Religious Story.- Chapter 5: Modernity and the Temporal Shift.- Chapter 6: A Philosophy of Fictions.- Chapter 7: Art, Narrative, and Commitment.- Chapter 8: Community.- Chapter 9: Ritual.- Chapter 10: The Subject.- Chapter 11: Pretending Our Way to Fulfillment (with added section on myth).- Chapter 12: The Work of Mourning (with further elaboration on religion and myth).mehr