GEOG 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 33: Jihadism, Public Culture, Iranian Revolution
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1860"s: william lecky, a parable for young authorsscepticism of religion: and seminal works also circa 1860 by darwin, j. s. Early 20th century max weber and the disenchantment of the modern mind"; secularization thesis(belief that as societies progress, particularly through modernization,religion loses its authority in all aspects of social life and governance. ) Yet weber is not optimistic about a future without religion. Dialetic of enlightenment (1944) a powerful of critique of the violence within the enlightenment project, paints modernity as a dystopia. Compare this with novels like orwell"s 1984 religious exuberance of christianity and islam remains in the developing world; e. g. the worlds largest pentecostal (type of christianity) group at 70 million is in mainland china. Templeton prize to study the need for modernism to become reacquainted with religious belief: the return of enchantment (1983 article) Pushback against enlightenment rationality as a complete agenda: reality is not like a machine after all".
