The Age of Atheists: How We Have Sought to Live Since the Death of God (89 page)
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Authors: Peter Watson
“permissive turn,” 331,
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Perrottet, Suzanne,
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personality,
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petites heureuses
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phenomenology:
aftermath of World War II and,
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being and,
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characteristics of,
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contributors to idea of,
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Csikszentmihalyi and,
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as fad,
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immediacy as point of,
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importance of,
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intelligence and,
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and metaphysics of the concrete,
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minimalism as form of,
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naming and,
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perception and,
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and pleasure in small things,
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reality and,
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as realm of life,
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and Saint-Exupéry’s works,
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science and,
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scientific discoveries and,
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Strindberg and,
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as success,
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“thingness” and,
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wholeness and,
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and world as illogical,
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philosopher-kings (Samurai): Wells’s views about,
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philosophers:
O’Neill’s views about,
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philosophy:
beginning of,
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as changing,
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counterculture and,
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definition of,
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German,
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happiness and,
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and object of philosophic reflection,
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postmodernism and,
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pragmatism and,
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“process,” 184,
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of science,
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science and,
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Theosophy and,
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Vienna Circle and,
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photography: difference between human eye and,
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physics,
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Picasso, Pablo,
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Pius XI (pope),
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plays.
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pleasure,
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plenitude aesthetic,
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Podhoretz, Norman,
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“poetic science,” 470
poetry/poets:
achievement of,
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activity of,
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of affirmation,
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aim/purpose of,
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authority of,
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“beat,” 403–6
benefits of,
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brevity of,
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chance and,
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counterculture and,
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detail and,
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as disinterested,
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engagement with,
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as experience of being,
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as form of philosophy,
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fulfillment and,
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George’s impact on,
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God as major idea in,
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as God’s orphans,
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Heaney’s views about,
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as heroes,
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as holiday from rationality,
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ideal reader of,
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imagination and,
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in late nineteenth century,
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as life’s redemption,
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music and,
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order and,
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as privileged,
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Proletkult,
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and reality,
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and realms of life,
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relationship between painting and,
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as replacement for God/religion,
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Russian,
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as between science and philosophy,
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as secular revelation,
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size of,
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Symbolism and,
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verification and,
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World War I and,
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pointillism theory,
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politics:
Grayling’s views about,
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identity,
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Jung’s views about,
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Lunacharsky’s views about,
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Marx’s views about,
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O’Neill’s views about,
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Popper’s views about,
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postmodernism and,
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radical,
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religion and,
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Weber’s views about,
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Wells’s views about,
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Woolf’s views about,
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Pollock, Jackson,
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“pop-psych” movements,
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positivism,
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postmodernism,
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pottery, clay,
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Pound, Ezra,
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poverty,
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“practice”: as missing,
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pragmatism:
aims of,
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and difference between faith and belief,
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early,
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life and,
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phenomenology and,
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pleasure and,
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Presbyterian Church,
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process:
painting,
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Whitehead’s views about,
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“process” philosophy,
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progress,
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prostitution: and Jewish women’s sacrifice,
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Protestants,
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Proust, Marcel,
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Proust, Marcel—works by:
A la recherche du temps perdu,
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Swann’s Way,
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psilocybin experiments,
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psychedelics,
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psychoanalysis/psychotherapy:
beginning of,
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confessional compared with,
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first American course offering of,
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growth of,
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meaning and,
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pastoral psychology/counseling and,
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religion and,
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as science,
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security,
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self and,
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shadow culture and,
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spread of,
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“psychological turn”: in United States,
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psychology:
as cause of atheism,
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chicken experiment in,
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depth,
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Gestalt,
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height,
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and hierarchy of needs,
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influence of science on,
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meta-,
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and move away from materialism,
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origin of,
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para-,
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“permissive turn” and,
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religion and,
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rise of modern,
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