Fears and Symbols : : An Introduction to the Study of Western Civilization / / Elemér Hankiss.
This is a serious scholarly work that is, at the same time, somewhat unorthodox. On the one hand, it elaborates a systematic theory of civilization. It surveys the major theories of civilization and develops a new hypothesis, according to which existential fear has been a major factor in the generat...
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Fear and the Social Sciences -- Chapter Two. The World of Symbols -- Chapter Three. An Alien World? -- Chapter Four. The Garden of Eden -- Chapter Five. The Image of the World -- Chapter Six. The Moral Universe -- Chapter Seven. The World of Guilt -- Chapter Eight. The Rational World -- Chapter Nine. The World of Beauty -- Chapter Ten. The World of Play -- Chapter Eleven. The World of Jokes -- Chapter Twelve. The World of Trivialities -- Chapter Thirteen. Symbols and Civilization -- Bibliography -- Index |
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