As he develops his theory of festivity, it becomes obvious that we no longer know what festivity is, namely, the celebration of existence under various symbols. Pieper exposes the pseudo-festivals, in their harmless and their sinister forms: traditional feasts contaminated by commercialism; artificial holidays created in the interest of merchandisers; holidays by coercion; festivals as military demonstrations; holidays empty of significance. And lastly we are given the apocalyptic

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In Tune with the World
Josef Pieper
Translation by Richard and
Clara Winston

114 pages, 5½” x 8½”, paperback,
notes, index
ISBN: 1-890318-33-7, 1999
$11.00sp (£7.50)