ISBN:
9780511791017
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (xv, 329 pages)
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in social theory, religion, and politics
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.6
Keywords:
Religion and politics
;
Secularism
;
Politik
;
Religiosität
;
Säkularisierung
;
Religion
;
Religion
;
Politik
;
Säkularisierung
;
Religiosität
;
Säkularisierung
Abstract:
Seminal thinkers of the nineteenth century - Auguste Comte, Herbert Spencer, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, Karl Marx, and Sigmund Freud - all predicted that religion would gradually fade in importance and cease to be significant with the emergence of industrial society. The belief that religion was dying became the conventional wisdom in the social sciences during most of the twentieth century. During the last decade, however, the secularization thesis has experienced the most sustained challenge in its long history. The traditional secularization thesis needs updating. Religion has not disappeared and is unlikely to do so. Nevertheless, the concept of secularization captures an important part of what is going on. This book develops a theory of secularization and existential security. Sacred and Secular is essential reading for anyone interested in comparative religion, sociology, public opinion, political behavior, political development, social psychology, international relations, and cultural change
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511791017
URL:
Volltext
(URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511791017
URL:
Volltext
(lizenzpflichtig)
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511791017
URL:
Volltext
(URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
URL:
Volltext
(lizenzpflichtig)
