Secularization : an essay in normative metaphysics / Ulrich Steinvorth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steinvorth, Ulrich, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Secularism.

Secularization.

Physical Description:

vi, 223 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]

Summary:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-213) and index.

ISBN:

331963870X

9783319638706

OCLC:

992781902