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Our Battle for the Human Spirit is a comprehensive probe into what is happening to human life in the beginning of the 21st century. It explores how culture, experience, and symbolization have been replaced by scientific, discipline-based, approaches.

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Introduction: Introducing Our New Spiritual Masters 1. The Cult of the Fact: What Discipline-Based Science Will Never Know 2. The Cult of Efficiency: What Technical Means Cannot Accomplish 3. The Cult of Growth: The Anti-Economy 4. The Cult of Disembodied Communal Life: The Anti-Society 5. The Cult of Disembodied Personal Life: Epidemics of Anxiety and Depression Epilogue Notes

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      Publisher: University of Toronto Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 06/06/2016
      ISBN13: 9781487520359, 978-1487520359
      ISBN10: 1487520352
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Our Battle for the Human Spirit is a comprehensive probe into what is happening to human life in the beginning of the 21st century. It explores how culture, experience, and symbolization have been replaced by scientific, discipline-based, approaches.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction: Introducing Our New Spiritual Masters 1. The Cult of the Fact: What Discipline-Based Science Will Never Know 2. The Cult of Efficiency: What Technical Means Cannot Accomplish 3. The Cult of Growth: The Anti-Economy 4. The Cult of Disembodied Communal Life: The Anti-Society 5. The Cult of Disembodied Personal Life: Epidemics of Anxiety and Depression Epilogue Notes

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