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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826583603321

Autore

Farley Edward <1929->

Titolo

Deep symbols : their postmodern effacement and reclamation / / Edward Farley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Valley Forge, PA, : Trinity Press International, c1996

ISBN

1-283-27112-5

9786613271129

0-567-48655-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (158 p.)

Disciplina

302.2/22

Soggetti

Signs and symbols - Social aspects

Language and languages - Religious aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1. DEEP SYMBOLS: The Legacy; 2. DEEP SYMBOLS: Atrophy and Recovery; 3. THE LAND OF FORGETFULNESS: Rethinking Tradition; 4. OBLIGATION: The Deep Symbol of Other Relation; 5. FOR ONCE THEN SOMETHING: Confronting the Real; 6. WRITTEN ON THE HEART: The Idea of the Law; 7. CROSSING OVER INTO CAMPGROUND: The Matter of Hope; 8. ENTANGLEMENTS; NOTES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

""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.