Deep symbols: their postmodern effacement and reclamation
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Main Author: Farley, Edward (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Valley Forge, Pa. Trinity Press International ©1996
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-141) and index
""Here is an absorbing and exceptionally perceptive account of how deep symbols or words of power (which tend to be a culture's normaltive language) have undergone diminishment in a contemporary postmodern society. Edward Farley explains that such diminishment does not necessarily imply their demise since traces of these symbols remain and invite their rethinking. Two introductory chapters spell out the character and prospect of deep symbols in postmodern society. Then follow five chapters, each of which considers a particular deep symbol: tradition, obligation (duty), reality, law, and hope
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 145 pages)
ISBN:9780567486554
0567486559
1563381850
9781563381850

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