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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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2013-1998 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2022] ©2001 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (333 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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