The Resource Nostalgia for the absolute, George Steiner
Nostalgia for the absolute, George Steiner
Resource Information
The item Nostalgia for the absolute, George Steiner represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Vancouver Public Library, Britannia Branch (Open with Limited Services).
Resource Information
The item Nostalgia for the absolute, George Steiner represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Vancouver Public Library, Britannia Branch (Open with Limited Services).
- Summary
- Writer and scholar George Steiner's Massey Lectures are just as cogent today as when he delivered them in 1974 -- perhaps even more so. He argues that Western culture's moral and emotional emptiness stems from the decay of formal religion. He examines the alternate mythologies (Marxism, etc.) and fads of irrationality (astrology, the occult). Steiner argues that this decay and the failure of the mythologies have created a nostalgia for the absolute that is growing and leading us to a massive clash between truth and human survival. Ultimately he suggests that we can only reduce the impact of this collision course if we continue, as disinterestedly as possible, to ask questions and seek answers in the face of our increasingly complex world
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Note
-
- Available to Vancouver Residents only
- Residents of other municipalities should check their local libraries
- Contents
-
- I The Secular Messiahs; II Voyages in to the Interior; III The Last Garden; IV The Little Green Men; V Does the Truth Have a Future?
- Isbn
- 9780887848698
- Label
- Nostalgia for the absolute
- Title
- Nostalgia for the absolute
- Statement of responsibility
- George Steiner
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Writer and scholar George Steiner's Massey Lectures are just as cogent today as when he delivered them in 1974 -- perhaps even more so. He argues that Western culture's moral and emotional emptiness stems from the decay of formal religion. He examines the alternate mythologies (Marxism, etc.) and fads of irrationality (astrology, the occult). Steiner argues that this decay and the failure of the mythologies have created a nostalgia for the absolute that is growing and leading us to a massive clash between truth and human survival. Ultimately he suggests that we can only reduce the impact of this collision course if we continue, as disinterestedly as possible, to ask questions and seek answers in the face of our increasingly complex world
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1929-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Steiner, George
- Dewey number
- 209.04
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- BR127
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- Series statement
- CBC Massey Lecture
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Freud, Sigmund
- Lévi-Strauss, Claude
- Marx, Karl
- Christianity
- Civilization, Modern
- Label
- Nostalgia for the absolute, George Steiner
- Note
-
- Available to Vancouver Residents only
- Residents of other municipalities should check their local libraries
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- I The Secular Messiahs; II Voyages in to the Interior; III The Last Garden; IV The Little Green Men; V Does the Truth Have a Future?
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780887848698
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Publisher number
- EB00366280
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- 1F87F2B2-68AF-428F-8C29-7D35E1773FC0
- System control number
-
- 6462831
- ocn753480406
- (OCoLC)753480406
- Label
- Nostalgia for the absolute, George Steiner
- Note
-
- Available to Vancouver Residents only
- Residents of other municipalities should check their local libraries
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- I The Secular Messiahs; II Voyages in to the Interior; III The Last Garden; IV The Little Green Men; V Does the Truth Have a Future?
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780887848698
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Publisher number
- EB00366280
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- 1F87F2B2-68AF-428F-8C29-7D35E1773FC0
- System control number
-
- 6462831
- ocn753480406
- (OCoLC)753480406
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