The Eclipse of Religion and Freud’s future of an illusion
The Eclipse of Religion and Freud’s future of an illusion
Author(s): Franco FerrarottiSubject(s): Psychoanalysis, History and theory of sociology, Social Theory, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Academicus
Keywords: religion; sacred; Meta-human factor; market laws; church religion;
Summary/Abstract: The main contention of this paper is that, no matter whether one is a true believer or a professed atheist, religion remains a relevant social phenomenon. Serious scholars have written about an eclipse of the sacred in industrial societies through a sad confusion between «sacred» and «religious». The «religious» as a commodity administered by an organized church might well be in a state of crisis. But the «sacred» is actually the meta-human element that makes mankind exist and develop beyond the so-called «laws» of the marke
Journal: Academicus International Scientific Journal
- Issue Year: XV/2024
- Issue No: 29
- Page Range: 10-20
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English