RE220 Chapter Notes -Corporatism, Finance Capitalism, Consumerism
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Spirituality and the re-branding of religion carrette and king. Explosion of interest and literature on mind, body and spirit and personal development : also appropriated by corporate bodies and management consultants. Spirituality replaced religion as old allegiances and social identities are transformed by modernity. Spirituality celebrated by those disillusioned by traditional institutional religions: seen as force for wholeness, healing and inner transformation, denotes positive aspects of ancient religious traditions. Defining political economic paradigm of our time. Dominant global political economic trend adopted by political parties of the center for the past two decades: european intellectuals sought to establish framework for society and politics that avoided religious conflicts during the enlightenment. Relegate religious to private life, to remove it from the public sphere: the enlightenment. Intellectual obsession with defining precise characteristics of religion. Economic world is also not isolated from the religious: ronald reagan and margaret thatcher change relationship between religion and economics.
