Towards Postsecular Sociology?  

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McLennan, Gregor

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Sociology vol. 41 no. 05 (Oct. 2007), page 857–870.
Topik: Habermas; multiculturalism; naturalism; postsecular; public sociology; realism
Fulltext: 857.pdf (257.67KB)

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This article identifies four articulations of the growing ‘postsecular’ condition of social and political thought, and places the idea of sociology in relation to them. I identify and critically engage with those aspects of poststructuralist vitalism, transcendental realism,multiculturalist thinking, and the recent ‘dialogical’ sentiments of Habermas that might undermine sociology’s definitive (but broadly conceived) secularism/naturalism. This implies that if we are concerned about advancing the role of ‘public sociology’ then we should be actively engaged in countering antisecular and anti-naturalistic elements of the postsecular climate.Yet we must avoid anthropomorphizing sociology as a public player, and accept too that the postsecular reconsideration of ‘faith versus reason’ stretches beyond the confines of epistemological and explanatory considerations per se.

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