The Religion of Humanity: The Illusion of Our Times

by Pierre Manent

"Is not modern democracy the finally-found form of the religion of Humanity?" (2007)

The Religion of Humanity: The Illusion of Our Time is the first anthology in any language of the writings of the contemporary French political philosopher, Pierre Manent, on "the religion of Humanity." The striking phrase comes from nineteenth-century French thinker, Auguste Comte (1798-1857). Comte coined the phrase and indeed created an atheistic religion...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1587317060
• ISBN13: 9781587317064
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: St. Augustine's Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"