Experiencing the Beyond : Intercultural Approaches (Challenges of Life: Essays on philosophical and cultural anthropology 4) (2017. X, 269 S. 230 mm)

Experiencing the dimension that lies beyond our empirical grasp of the world has always been a challenge for human beings, for it can expose the limitations of our agency. Such experience, while potentially terrifying, can also furnish a basis for religious faith or hope of a better future. The intercultural essays in this volume analyze ways of dealing with the beyond, including magic, religion, myth, and all-promising utopias.