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An edition of The disenchantment of the world (1997)

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Marcel Gauchet has launched one of the most ambitious and controversial works of speculative history recently to appear, based on the contention that Christianity is "the religion of the end of religion." In The Disenchantment of the World, Gauchet reinterprets the development of the modern West, with all its political and psychological complexities, in terms of mankind's changing relation to religion.

He views Western history as a movement away from religious society, beginning with prophetic Judaism, gaining tremendous momentum in Christianity, and eventually leading to the rise of the political state. Gauchet's view that monotheistic religion itself was a form of social revolution is rich with implications for readers in fields across the humanities and social sciences.

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Princeton University Press
Language
English
Pages
228

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Subjects
Religion, Religion and politics, Secular Civilization, Religions

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1997, Princeton University Press
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-223) and index.
Translated from the French edition of Marcel Gauchet, Le désenchantement du monde.

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Princeton, N.J
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New French thought

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Dewey Decimal Class
200
Library of Congress
BL48 .G3413 1997, BL48.G3413 1997, BL48 .G38

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xv, 228 p. ;
Number of pages
228

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OL673917M
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ISBN 10
0691044066
LCCN
97020046
OCLC/WorldCat
36841690
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417638
Goodreads
3828096

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