The Disappearance of Rituals : A Topology of the Present - Daniel Steuer Science Fiction and Fantasy can Percy bear to watch

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The Disappearance of Rituals : A Topology of the Present - Daniel Steuer Science Fiction and Fantasy can Percy bear to watchUntrammelled neoliberalism and the inexorable force of production have produced a 21st century crisis of community: a narcissistic cult of authenticity and mass turning inward are among the pathologies engendered by it. We are individuals afloat in an atomised society, where the loss of the symbolic structures inherent in ritual behaviour has led to overdependence on the contingent to steer identity.Avoiding saccharine nostalgia for the rituals of the