An Implicit Religious Reflex to Mechanism and a Holistic Alternative: Social Theory as a Case in Point

This article looks at how medieval Christian politics and modes of thought have led to a an implicitly religious reflex toward mechanism in social theory. Social theoretical activity of the past 75 years has criticized conceptions of modernity, science, objectivity, and reason as artifacts of Europe...

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Main Author: Hanson, Barbara Gail (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox [2015]
In: Implicit religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 18, Issue: 1, Pages: 45-62
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Christianity / Mechanism (Philosophy) / Sociological theory
Further subjects:B Medieval
B Social Sciences
B Holism
B SCHOLASTICISM (Theology)
B Religion
B Christianity
B theory of knowledge
B Mechanism
B Social Theory
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