Two countervailing trends mark the intellectual tenor of our age –
the spread of naturalistic worldviews and religious orthodoxies.
Advances in biogenetics, brain research, and robotics are clearing the
way for the penetration of an objective scientific self-understanding
of persons into everyday life. For philosophy, this trend is
associated with the challenge of scientific naturalism. At the same
time, we are witnessing an unexpected revitalization of religious
traditions and the politicization of religious communities across the
world. From a philosophical perspective, this revival of religious
energies poses the challenge of a fundamentalist critique of the
principles underlying the modern Wests postmetaphysical understanding
of itself. The tension between naturalism and religion is the central
theme of this major new book by Jürgen Habermas. On the one hand he
argues for an appropriate naturalistic understanding of cultural
evolution that does justice to the normative character of the human
mind. On the other hand, he calls for an appropriate interpretation of
the secularizing effects of a process of social and cultural
rationalization increasingly denounced by the champions of religious
orthodoxies as a historical development peculiar to the West. These
reflections on the enduring importance of religion and the limits of
secularism under conditions of postmetaphysical reason set the scene
for an extended treatment the political significance of religious
tolerance and for a fresh contribution to current debates on
cosmopolitanism and a constitution for international society.
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ISBN
9780745694603
Publisert
2018
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Wiley Professional, Reference & Trade
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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