Strangers, Gods and Monsters and Reimagining the Sacred

Strangers, Gods and Monsters

Name: Strangers, Gods and Monsters
Price: 41.2 GBP
Availability: InStock
Author: Richard Kearney
ISBN: 9780415272582

Interpreting Otherness

by Richard Kearney

Paperback
304 pages
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
17.2 x 22.2 x 1.5 cm

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Strangers, Gods and Monsters is a fascinating look at how human identity is shaped by three powerful but enigmatic forces. Often overlooked in accounts of how we think about ourselves and others, Richard Kearney skilfully shows, with the help of vivid examples and illustrations, how the human outlook on the world is formed by the mysterious triumvirate of strangers, gods and monsters. Throughout, Richard Kearney shows how Strangers, Gods and Monsters do not merely reside in myths or fantasies but constitute a central part of our cultural unconscious. Above all, he argues that until we understand better that the Other resides deep within ourselves, we can have little hope of understanding how our most basic fears and desires manifest themselves in the external world and how we can learn to live with them.