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.
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9780511227738
Publisert
2014
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Cambridge University Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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