Disenchantment revisited: Formations of the 'secular' and 'religious' in the technological discourse of modernity

This article problematizes sociologist Max Weber’s famed notion of ‘disenchantment’ in order to explore the ways in which ‘technology’ and ‘religion’ operate in the discourse of ‘secular modernity’. It suggests that disenchantment is not simply epistemological, that is, synonymous with rationalizati...

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Published in:Social compass
Main Author: Han, Sam 1984- (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2015
In: Social compass
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Weber, Max 1864-1920 / Secularization / Mechanization
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
Online Access: Volltext (doi)

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