EGO & SOUL: THE MODERN WEST IN SEARCH OF MEANING

Carroll, John

ISBN 10: 1921372303 / ISBN 13: 9781921372308

Published by Scribe Publications Pty Ltd., Melbourne, 2008

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Gift inscription signed by author half title page. Softcover with flaps. "Much of what people do today disguises a desperate search for meaning, the result of the crisis of belief that has become the West's major problem. This substantially revised edition of Ego and Soul tackles this underlying reality head-on. It examines main areas of modern life including work, sport, intimacy, shopping, tourism, computers, and a retreat into nature to discover what is driving people, what sense they are making of their lives. On the one hand, the elites and their high culture suffer a loss of confidence, and aimless consumerism is widespread; on the other, powerful new myths arise, as with sporting heroes. Ego and Soul also looks at high culture, the upper-middle-class elites and the universities, tracing why they have lost their way, failing to provide a language that might help a new understanding. It counters this weakness by trying to speak on behalf of the time, to make sense of its endeavours." --Provided by publisher. Index, bibliography. 500gms weight; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 326 pages; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 35633

Bibliographic Details

Title: EGO & SOUL: THE MODERN WEST IN SEARCH OF ...

Publisher: Scribe Publications Pty Ltd., Melbourne

Publication Date: 2008

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: Revised Edition.

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Synopsis:

Examining the battlegrounds across which a struggle for meaning is being fought—including work, sport, intimacy, shopping, tourism, computers, democracy, and a retreat into nature—this work is a compelling investigation on how modern man lives. Dissecting the intersection between culture and religion, this spiritual study reviews the desperate search for meaning through everyday activities.

About the Author:

John Carroll is professor of sociology at La Trobe University in Melbourne. He is the author of numerous books including The Existential Jesus, Terror: A Meditation on the Meaning of September 11, The Western Dreaming, and The Wreck of Western Culture: Humanism Revisited.