The decline of formal religious systems has left a moral and emotional emptiness in Western culture. George Steiner, internationally renowned thinker and scholar, pursues this and examines the alternative "mythologies" of Marxism, Freudian psychology, Levi-Straussian anthropology, and fads of irrationality.
- ISBN10 0887845940
- ISBN13 9780887845949
- Publish Date 1 March 1997
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 20 December 2011
- Publish Country CA
- Imprint House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada
- Edition 2nd ed.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 62
- Language English