Hankiss Elemér. Fears and Symbols, An Introduction to the Study of Western Civilization

Budapest: Central European University Press, 2001. — 320 p.Ханкиш Элемер. Страхи и символы: Введение в изучение Западной цивилизации (на англ. яз.)Fear and the Social Sciences.
Fear.
Sociology.
Anthropology.
Psychology.
Fear and Civilization.
The World of Symbols.
Strategies.
Symbols, Myths, Civilizations.
Collapse and Regeneration.
An Alien World?
The Word.
Human Beings.
The Four Jungles.
The Experience of the Alien World.
The Garden of Eden.
The Myth of the Center.
Consecration.
Paradise.
The Garden.
The Image of the World.
The House.
The City.
The Temple and the Cathedral.
Chaos and Cosmos Today.
The Moral Universe.
Amulets and Sacraments.
Rationalization.
Satan.
The Transformation of Evil.
The World of Guilt.
Guilt.
The Religion of Guilt.
The Philosophy of Guilt.
The Politics of Guilt.
The Psychology of Guilt.
An Innocent Society?
The Rational World.
Two Faces of Rationality.
Reason and Meaning.
Reason and Morality.
Reason and Uncertainty.
The World of Beauty.
Art.
Tragedy.
The World of Play.
Homo ludens.
Soccer.
Play as World Symbol.
The World of Jokes.
Jokes and Laughter.
The Comic Destruction of Reality.
The World of Trivialities.
Perfumes and the Holy Grail.
Creation and Plenitude.
Icarian Symbolism.
Transcendence.
Spirituality and Sensuality.
Sensuality and Love.
Escape from Time and Mortality.
Escape from Everyday Life.
The Epiphany of Personality.
Delusion or Creation?
Symbols and Civilization.
Can Symbols Protect Us?
Constructs.
Civilization: A Brilliant Construct?
Notes.