RELIGION IN THE SOCIAL DYNAMICS: COSMOPOLITICIZATION ACCORDING TO ULRICH BECK
RELIGION IN THE SOCIAL DYNAMICS: COSMOPOLITICIZATION ACCORDING TO ULRICH BECK
Author(s): Iuliana Magdalena Neacsu (Lupeanu)Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Social Sciences, Sociology, Theology and Religion, History and theory of sociology, Applied Sociology, Social development, Social differentiation, Rural and urban sociology, Sociology of Culture, Social Norms / Social Control, Sociology of Religion, History of Religion
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: religion; cosmopoliticization; pluralism; borders; Ulrich Beck;
Summary/Abstract: The world is constantly changing, and this process does not tend to be smooth. Religion is involved in this dynamic. The study aims to clarify the dimensions of the concept of cosmopolitization. Cosmopolitization is not the same as globalization. Globalization is something that somehow takes place outside a cultural, religious, national identity. Cosmopoliticization, by contrast, takes place 'inside', in the realm of the nation, the local, and even one's own biography and identity. The tendency of cosmopolitization is to dissolve the duality between global and local, national and international, and to merge them into new forms to be empirically analyzed. Cosmopoliticization refers to the erosion of borders that separate states, civilizations, cultures, religions. Borders have not disappeared, but they have become fluid, allowing flows of identity to pass from one side to the other. Cultural and religious differences are neither hierarchically organized nor dissolved but accepted for what they are and even positively affirmed.
Journal: Journal of Romanian Literary Studies
- Issue Year: 2025
- Issue No: 40
- Page Range: 1474-1481
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English
