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The Mark of the Sacred (Cultural Memory in the Present) by Dupuy, Jean Pierre; DeBevoise, M. B is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Mark of the Sacred (Cultural Memory in the Present) about?
This study of religion and violence "forces us to reexamine some of our most cherished self-images of modern liberal democratic societies" (Charles Taylor). Jean-Pierre Dupuy, prophet of what he calls "enlightened doomsaying," has long warned that modern society is on a path to self-destruction. In this book, he pleads for a subversion of this crisis from within, arguing that it is our lopsided view of religion and reason that has set us on this course. In denial of our sacred origins and hubris
Who reads The Mark of the Sacred (Cultural Memory in the Present)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Dupuy, Jean Pierre; DeBevoise, M. B
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780804788458
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Political Science, Sociology, History
- Rating
- 3.9 / 5 (26 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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