The Disenchantment of the World A Political History of Religion |
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Author:
| Gauchet, Marcel |
Translator:
| Burge, Oscar |
Foreword by:
| Taylor, Charles |
ISBN: | 978-0-691-02937-5 |
Publication Date: | Oct 1999 |
Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $49.95 |
Book Description:
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In The Disenchantment of the World, Gauchet reinterprets the development of the modern west, with 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.
In The Disenchantment of the World, Gauchet reinterprets the development of the modern west, with 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.