The Gift of Grace, and How It Has Been Taken Away from Us
by
Philip Rieff
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2008
From the profoundly influential social theorist Philip Rieff comes a posthumously published analysis of the deepest level of crisis in our culture.According to Rieff, the contemporary notion of charisma-the personal magnetism of political leaders or movie stars-is a tragic misunderstanding of a profoundly...