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Love, drugs, art, religion : the pains and consolations of existence / Brian R. Clack.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Surrey, England ; Burlington, Vermont : Ashgate, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (206 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781409406778
  • 1409406776
  • 1317103173
  • 9781317103172
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Love, drugs, art, religion : the pains and consolations of existence.DDC classification:
  • 210 23
LOC classification:
  • BF173.F85 .C533 2014eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; 1 'Life, as we find it, is too hard for us ...'; 2 The First Palliative: Intoxicants; 3 The Second Palliative: Religion; 4 The Third Palliative: Art; 5 The Fourth Palliative: Love; 6 Religion beyond Illusion; Bibliography; Index
Summary: In this genuinely interdisciplinary work, Clack breaks new ground by using detailed explorations of the phenomena of drug-use, romantic love and the enjoyment of art in order to throw light on the meaning and nature of religion. This book will be vital reading for anyone concerned with the fundamental questions of religious belief, the psychoanalytic approach to culture, or simply the unavoidable existential problems lying at the very heart of human life.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; 1 'Life, as we find it, is too hard for us ...'; 2 The First Palliative: Intoxicants; 3 The Second Palliative: Religion; 4 The Third Palliative: Art; 5 The Fourth Palliative: Love; 6 Religion beyond Illusion; Bibliography; Index

In this genuinely interdisciplinary work, Clack breaks new ground by using detailed explorations of the phenomena of drug-use, romantic love and the enjoyment of art in order to throw light on the meaning and nature of religion. This book will be vital reading for anyone concerned with the fundamental questions of religious belief, the psychoanalytic approach to culture, or simply the unavoidable existential problems lying at the very heart of human life.

English.