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Unquiet things: secularism in the Romantic age
by Jager, Colin
fromThe Haney Foundation series
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Type: Book
In Great Britain during the Romantic period, governmental and social structures were becoming more secular as religion was privatized and depoliticized. If the discretionary nature of religious practice permitted spiritual freedom and social differentiation, however, secular arr…
Reading works by Austen, Coleridge, Byron, and Shelley among others, this book investigates the social and political disorders that arise within modern secular cultures. The author demonstrates the distinctive ability of literary writing to register the uneasiness and anxiety th…
Charles Taylor's monumental book A Secular Age has been extensively discussed, criticized, and worked on. This volume, by contrast, explores ways of working with Taylor's book, especially its potentials and limits for individual research projects. Due to its wide reception, it h…
