Publication

2017-11-03 - Palgrave Macmillan

Language

English

Word Count

55,750 words, Guess

Page Count

223 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-10331963870X
  • ISBN-139783319638706
  • OCLC Control Number992781902
  • Better World Books9783319638706
  • Open LibraryOL28215536M

Classifications

  • LCCH61.15
  • LCCBL2747.8 .S74 2017

Description

This book answers questions about secularization: Does it dissolve religion, or transform it into faith in a universally valid value? Is it restricted to the west or can it occur everywhere? Using ideas of Max Weber, the book conceives secularization as a process comparable to the rational development of science and production.What is the value secularization propagates? Sifting historical texts, Steinvorth argues the value is authenticity, to be understood as being true to one?s talents developed in activities that are done for their own sake and provide life with meaning, and as unconditionally commanded.0.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Secularization: An Essay in Normative MetaphysicsHardcoverPalgrave Macmillan2017-11-03

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