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The power of the sacred : an alternative to the narrative of disenchantment
- Title
- The power of the sacred : an alternative to the narrative of disenchantment / by Hans Joas ; translated by Alex Skinner.
- Author
- Joas, Hans, 1948-
- Publication
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Skinner, Alex
- Description
- ix, 390 pages; 25 cm
- Summary
- ""Disenchantment" is a key term in the self-understanding of modernity. But what exactly do we mean when we use this concept? What was its original meaning when Max Weber introduced it? And can the conventional meaning or Max Weber's view really be defended, given the present state of knowledge about the history of religion? This book is an attempt to divest this concept of its enduring enchantment. The first chapters of the book deal with the three empirical disciplines history, psychology and sociology of religion to develop an understanding of religion that then lays the groundwork for what is presented in chapter 4, namely the most thorough study of Weber's views on disenchantment that has ever been undertaken. It turns out that Weber's use was highly ambiguous and that his grand narrative leading from the prophets of ancient Judaism to the crisis of meaning on the eve of the First World War collapses when we recognize this ambiguity. This makes it possible to construct an alternative that takes into account the dynamics of ever new sacralizations, their normative evaluation in the light of the values of a universalist morality and the dangers of the misuse of religion in connection with the formation of power. This book constitutes a challenge - for believers and non-believers alike"--
- Uniform Title
- Macht des Heiligen. English
- Alternative Title
- Macht des Heiligen.
- Subject
- Note
- Translated from the German.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Contents
- History of Religion as Critique of Religion? David Hume and the Consequences -- Religious Experience and the Theory of Signs -- Ritual and the Sacred. On the Anthropology of Ideal Formation -- Multiple Forms of Ideal Formation or Process of Disenchantment? Attempts at Synthesis by Ernst Troeltsch and Max Weber -- Transcendence as Reflexive Sacredness. The 'Axial Age' as a Turning Point in Religious History -- Fields of Tension. A New Interpretation of Max Weber's 'Intermediate Reflection' -- The Sacred and Power. Collective Self-Sacralization and Ways of Overcoming it
- Call Number
- JFE 21-7705
- ISBN
- 9780190933272
- 0190933275
- LCCN
- 2020041241
- OCLC
- 1199330155
- Author
- Joas, Hans, 1948- author.
- Title
- The power of the sacred : an alternative to the narrative of disenchantment / by Hans Joas ; translated by Alex Skinner.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Added Author
- Skinner, Alex, translator.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Joas, Hans, The power of the sacred New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, 2021. 9780190933296 (DLC) 2020041242
- Research Call Number
- JFE 21-7705