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- catalog abstract ""In the tradition of James Frazer, Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell, Thierry Hentsch retells, with new urgency and a keen critical eye, "the story of the West" that shapes our perception of the world. Yet, "the story of the West" does not exist. Only a reading of its most seminal texts - from Ulysses to Hamlet, from the Torah to the Gospels, from Plato to Descartes - can bring it alive." "His tale turns on a startling discovery: The Christian message of immortality is conditional. To overcome death - the touchstone of the human condition - the believer must accept the Truth of salvation. Western civilization, by replacing God with technoscience, offers the universal promise that salvation may now be gained on earth. Yet, as a condition, it would impose its own absolute morality on the world. Truth or Death: the Biblical injunction is ours as well."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Raconter et mourir. English".
- catalog contributor b13328829.
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description ""In the tradition of James Frazer, Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell, Thierry Hentsch retells, with new urgency and a keen critical eye, "the story of the West" that shapes our perception of the world. Yet, "the story of the West" does not exist. Only a reading of its most seminal texts - from Ulysses to Hamlet, from the Torah to the Gospels, from Plato to Descartes - can bring it alive." "His tale turns on a startling discovery: The Christian message of immortality is conditional. To overcome death - the touchstone of the human condition - the believer must accept the Truth of salvation. Western civilization, by replacing God with technoscience, offers the universal promise that salvation may now be gained on earth. Yet, as a condition, it would impose its own absolute morality on the world. Truth or Death: the Biblical injunction is ours as well."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog extent "412 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Truth or death.".
- catalog identifier "0889225095".
- catalog isFormatOf "Truth or death.".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng fre".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Vancouver : Talonbooks,".
- catalog relation "Truth or death.".
- catalog subject "809/.93382 22".
- catalog subject "Death in literature.".
- catalog subject "Littérature comparée Thèmes, motifs.".
- catalog subject "Mort dans la littérature.".
- catalog subject "Narration.".
- catalog subject "PN49 .H3465 2004".
- catalog subject "Religion and literature.".
- catalog subject "Truth in literature.".
- catalog subject "Vérité dans la littérature.".
- catalog title "Raconter et mourir. English".
- catalog title "Truth or death : the quest for immortality in the western narrative tradition / Thierry Hentsch ; translated by Fred A. Reed.".
- catalog type "text".