The Mark of the Sacred (Paperback)

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 hubristically convinced of the powers of human reason, we cease to know our own limits: our disenchanted world leaves us defenseless against a headlong rush into the abyss of global warming, nuclear holocaust, and the other catastrophes that loom on our horizon. Reviving the religious anthropology of Max Weber, Emile Durkheim, and Marcel Mauss and in dialogue with the work of Rene Girard, Dupuy shows that we must remember the world's sacredness in order to keep human violence in check. A metaphysical and theological detective, he tracks the sacred in the very fields where human reason considers itself most free from everything it judges irrational: science, technology, economics, political and strategic thought. In making such claims, "The Mark of the Sacred " takes on religion bashers, secularists, and fundamentalists at once. Written by one of the deepest and most versatile thinkers of our time, it militates for a world where reason is no longer an enemy of faith.

General

Imprint:	Stanford University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Cultural Memory in the Present
Release date:	October 2013
First published:	October 2013
Authors:	Jean-Pierre Dupuy
Translators:	M.B. DeBevoise
Dimensions:	230 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-0-8047-7690-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > General Books > Philosophy > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8047-7690-3
Barcode:	9780804776905

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