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Religious Transformation in Western Society (Routledge Revivals)
The End of Happiness
Originally published in 1992, this remarkable book challenges many of the assumptions governing the Sociology of Religion and the Sociology of Culture by arguing that Western religion is neither science nor morality - it is the promise of happiness. Learned and incisive, it will be essential...
Published June 6th 2012 by Routledge
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Self-Identity and Everyday Life
Series: The New Sociology
'Identity' and 'selfhood' are terms routinely used throughout the human sciences that seek to analyze and describe the character of everyday life and experience. Yet these terms are seldom defined or used with any precision, and scant regard is paid to the historical and cultural context in which...
Published April 2nd 2009 by Routledge
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The Lure of Dreams
Sigmund Freud and the Construction of Modernity
From literary theory to social anthropology, the influence of Freud runs through every part of the human and social sciences. In The Lure of Dreams, Harvie Ferguson shows how Freud's writings and particulary The Interpretation of Dreams contribute, both in their content and in the baroque and...
Published April 17th 1996 by Routledge
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Melancholy and the Critique of Modernity
Soren Kierkegaard's Religious Psychology
The connections between the emergence of modern society and the experience of melancholy are explored through a comprehensive re-examination of Soren Kierkegaard's rich and insightful writings....
Published November 16th 1994 by Routledge
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The Science of Pleasure
Cosmos and Psyche in the Bourgeois World
In this rich and original work, the author argues that science is the highest expression of bourgeois thought and whilst it may have liberated mankind, it has also devised new forms of repression, discipline and control....
Published January 31st 1990 by Routledge