Fears and Symbols

Fears and Symbols
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Publisher : Central European University Press
Total Pages : 340
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ISBN-10 : 9639241075
ISBN-13 : 9789639241077
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Book Synopsis Fears and Symbols by : Elemér Hankiss

Download or read book Fears and Symbols written by Elemér Hankiss and published by Central European University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An encyclopedic study on the role that fear and anxiety have played as the organizing motives of human existence and social life. Hankiss explains how human beings have surrounded themselves with protective symbols: myths and religions, values and belief systems, ideas and scientific theories, moral and practical rules of behaviour, and a wide range of everyday rituals and trivialities.


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