Non-divine sacred

Sacred (sacred) is one of the most common, meaningful and deep categories of human culture. By forming the basis of religious experiences, rites and institutions, sacred persists in modern culture and competes with a rationalistic thought, forcing it to carefully look closely to his opponent.
In the 20th century, the sacred subjected to "secularization": its study is engaged not only by theology, but also philosophy, sociology, anthropology, modern literature and art. In such conditions, the intellectual history of the sacred - the interdisciplinary history of its concepts becomes necessary, which this book is dedicated. Among the authors under consideration - scholars Emil Durkheim, Marseille Moss, Rudolf Otto, Mary Douglas, Yuri Lotman, Writers and thinkers Joseph de Mesh, Mircea Eliad, Georges Batay, Roger Kayua, Jean-Paul Sartre and many others