PSY 005 Lecture Notes - Lecture 36: Ophanim, Norbert Elias, Voluntaryism
3 Sep 2020
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The social sciences during the twentieth century (rationalisation) Tutorial 7: enlightenment: kant: mankind"s exit from its self-incurred immaturity , rationalisation: (weber) Disenchantment of the world; the process in which mysticism and references to supernatural beings are replaced by logical explanations for world phenomena: secularisation: Separation of spheres: politics, economics, religion become separate domains e. g. monasteries are no longer used as hospitals; nuns and friars are not employed in hospitals. Decline of religious beliefs: people no longer refer to god to explain the world. Privatisation of religion: religion become less visible in the public and is practiced mainly in private lives. Essentialism: the view that objects have essences and particular attributes that are intrinsic to them, and that define their character; belief that reality exists objectively and independently of man"s perception. Constructivism: the view that any knowledge we have of reality is a construction of human perceptions: civilisation and informalisation: (elias)
