The Disappearance of Rituals - A Topology of the Present manifesto especially if you’ve only just

especially if you’ve only just got here

the young Laurie Lee walks to London

country wines

und dennoch wuchs meine Unruhe

The Disappearance of Rituals - A Topology of the Present manifesto especially if you’ve only justUntrammelled 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