The Fear of Insignificance Searching for Meaning in the Twenty-First Century |
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| Author:
| Strenger, Carlo |
| ISBN: | 978-0-230-10895-0 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2011 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $199.95 |
Book Description:
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This book shows how, after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the Gospel of the free market became the only world-religion of universal validity. The belief that all value needs to be quantifiable was extended to human beings, whose value became dependent on their rating on the various ranking-scales in the global infotainment system.
This book shows how, after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the Gospel of the free market became the only world-religion of universal validity. The belief that all value needs to be quantifiable was extended to human beings, whose value became dependent on their rating on the various ranking-scales in the global infotainment system.