The Fear of Insignificance
Searching for Meaning in the Twenty-First Century
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Political, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, History & Theory
| Author: | C. Strenger | ISBN: | 9780230117662 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US | Publication: | February 14, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | C. Strenger |
| ISBN: | 9780230117662 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Publication: | February 14, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
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.
