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Interpreting Charles Taylor's social theory on religion and secularization = a comparative study /

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Title/Author:	Interpreting Charles Taylor's social theory on religion and secularization/ by German McKenzie.
Reminder of title:	a comparative study /
Author:	McKenzie, German.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing : : 2017.,
Description:	xv, 207 p. :ill., digital ; : 24 cm.;
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Philosophy. -
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47700-8
ISBN:	9783319477008

Interpreting Charles Taylor's social theory on religion and secularization = a comparative study /
McKenzie, German.

Interpreting Charles Taylor's social theory on religion and secularizationa comparative study /[electronic resource] :by German McKenzie. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2017. - xv, 207 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - Sophia studies in cross-cultural philosophy of traditions and cultures,v.202211-1107 ;. - Sophia studies in cross-cultural philosophy of traditions and cultures ;1..

Part I. Meta-Narrative -- Chapter 1. The Contemporary Landscape of Theories of Secularization -- Chapter 2. Charles Taylor's Account of Secularization (I) -- Chapter 3. Charles Taylor's Account of Secularization (II) -- Part II. Sources -- Chapter 4. Philosophical and Classic Sociological Sources -- Chapter 5. Contemporary Sociological Sources -- Part III. Taylorean Social Theory -- Chapter 6. Interpreting a Social Theory -- Chapter 7. Taylorean Social Theory and the "Orthodox" and "Counter-Orthodox" Models -- Chapter 8. Conclusion.

This book examines "Taylorean social theory," its sources, main characteristics and impact. Charles Taylor's meta-narrative of secularization in the West, prominently contained in his major work A Secular Age (2007), has brought new insight on the social and cultural factors that intervened in such process, the role of human agency, and particularly on the contemporary conditions of belief in North America and Europe. This study discusses what Taylor's approach has brought to the scholarly debate on Western secularization, which has been carried on mostly in sociological terms. McKenzie interprets Taylor's views in a way that offers an original social theory. Such interpretation is possible with the help of sociologist Margaret Archer's "morphogenetic theory" and by making the most of Taylor's particular understanding of the method of the social sciences and of his philosophical views on human beings, knowledge and modernity. After exploring the philosophical and sociological sources informing Taylorean social theory and proposing its basic concepts and hermeneutic guidelines, the author compares it with two widespread theories of secularization: the now waning "orthodox" account and that proposed by Rational Choice Theory scholars, particularly prevalent in the United States. In doing so, the book shows in which ways Taylorean social theory supersedes them, what new issues it brings into the scholarly discussion, and what difficulties might limit its future development.

ISBN: 9783319477008

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-319-47700-8doiSubjects--Personal Names:

1012751
Taylor, Charles,
1931-Subjects--Topical Terms:

559771
Philosophy.

LC Class. No.: B995.T34 / M35 2017

Dewey Class. No.: 191

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