In the midst of the increasing antagonism between religion and secularity, the sacred and the profane, faith and reason - currently described in terms of "the clash of civilizations" - is religion any longer relevant or meaningful in the globalizing development of modern subjectivity, inter-subjectivity, family, society, state and history? If so, how and to what end? In the socio-historical context of the highly secular, neo-liberal/neo-conservative globalization movement, the question of the social meaning and relevancy of religion has entered directly into the contemporary discourse on the...
In the midst of the increasing antagonism between religion and secularity, the sacred and the profane, faith and reason - currently described in terms...
In the midst of the increasing antagonism between religion and secularity, the sacred and the profane, faith and reason - currently described in terms of -the clash of civilizations- - is religion any longer relevant or meaningful in the globalizing development of modern subjectivity, inter-subjectivity, family, society, state and history? If so, how and to what end? In the socio-historical context of the highly secular, neo-liberal/neo-conservative globalization movement, the question of the social meaning and relevancy of religion has entered directly into the contemporary discourse on...
In the midst of the increasing antagonism between religion and secularity, the sacred and the profane, faith and reason - currently described in te...
Over the past thirty years much has been written about the critical theory of society that was produced by a small group of left-wing Hegelians in the Institute of Social Research in Frankfurt am Main, Germany and in the United States. This book seeks to make a contribution to the continued development of the critical theory of society and religion as it offers a corrective to the one-sided, positivistic development of the modern social sciences as well as to the increasing social irrelevancy of the contemporary Christian church. Max Horkheimer's Critical Theory of Religion is a content...
Over the past thirty years much has been written about the critical theory of society that was produced by a small group of left-wing Hegelians in the...
The Dialectics of the Religious and the Secular: Studies on the Future of Religion contains the work of fifteen international scholars who have wrestled with the question of the relevancy, meaning, and future of religion within the context of the increasing antagonisms between the religious and secular realms of modern civil society and its globalization. Through their chosen topics in analyzing these issues in the 20th and 21st centuries, each author also indicates the possibility of mitigating if not preventing the continuation of this antagonism by historically moving toward a more...
The Dialectics of the Religious and the Secular: Studies on the Future of Religion contains the work of fifteen international scholars who have...
The Dialectics of the Religious and the Secular: Studies on the Future of Religion contains the work of fifteen international scholars who have wrestled with the question of the relevancy, meaning, and future of religion within the context of the increasing antagonisms between the religious and secular realms of modern civil society and its globalization. Through their chosen topics in analyzing these issues in the 20th and 21st centuries, each author also indicates the possibility of mitigating if not preventing the continuation of this antagonism by historically moving toward a more...
The Dialectics of the Religious and the Secular: Studies on the Future of Religion contains the work of fifteen international scholars who have...
How does one define and explore the -material presence of the written in non-typographical cultures?- The interdisciplinary and collaborative essays in this handbook present theoretical principles, describe text-bearing materials and objects, and investigate the diverse practices related to text-bearing artifacts. The analysis is illustrated with examples drawn from a period of over 4,500 years.
How does one define and explore the -material presence of the written in non-typographical cultures?- The interdisciplinary and collaborative essay...
