{"product_id":"the-postsecular-sacred-9780367203221","title":"The Postsecular Sacred","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Postsecular Sacred: Jung, Soul and Meaning in an Age of Change\u003c\/i\u003e, David Tacey presents a unique psychological study of the postsecular, adding a Jungian perspective to a debate shaped by sociology, philosophy and religious studies. In this interdisciplinary exploration, Tacey looks at the unexpected return of the sacred in Western societies, and how the sacred is changing our understanding of humanity and culture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeginning with Jung's belief that the psyche has never been secular, Tacey examines the new desire for spiritual experience and presents a logic of the unconscious to explain it. Tacey argues that what has fuelled the postsecular momentum is the awareness that something is missing, and the idea that this could be buried in the unconscious is dawning on sociologists and philosophers. While the instinct to connect to something greater is returning, Tacey shows that this need not imply that we are regressing to superstitions that science has rejected\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The issues with which this book deals have been attracting increased interest for several decades, and this seems set to continue for the foreseeable future. The question of the place of the sacred in predominantly secular cultures is unlikely to be resolved one way or the other anytime soon.\" – \u003cb\u003eRoderick Main, University of Essex, UK; author, \u003ci\u003eThe Rupture of Time\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction; \u003cstrong\u003eThe Postsecular Condition; \u003c\/strong\u003eChapter 1: The Postsecular Landscape; Chapter 2: The Mystical Turn; \u003cstrong\u003eSecularism Under Pressure; \u003c\/strong\u003eChapter 3: A Secular Country; Chapter 4: The Aboriginal Gift We Will Not Accept; \u003cstrong\u003eReanimation of the World; \u003c\/strong\u003eChapter 5: Ecopsychology and Indigenous Cosmology; Chapter 6: Physics and Reanimation; \u003cstrong\u003ePostsecular Religion and Atheism; \u003c\/strong\u003eChapter 7: God After God; Chapter 8: Derrida: Emissary of the Postsecular; \u003cstrong\u003eViolence and the Sacred; \u003c\/strong\u003eChapter 8: Return of the Sacred in an Age of Terror; Chapter 10: Epilogue: Sacrifice and the Future; Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd (Sales)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017846653271,"sku":"9780367203221","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780367203221.jpg?v=1750774869","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-postsecular-sacred-9780367203221","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}