Modern Democracy as the Cult of the Individual: Durkheim on religious coexistence and conflict
After the demise of Christianity, Western society did not become secular, according to Emile Durkheim, but located foundations in a new religion he calls the "cult of the individual." This religion holds the rational individual person as sacred, and corresponds to a multi-faceted, complex,...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2019]
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Critical research on religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 7, Issue: 3, Pages: 292-311 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Durkheim, Émile 1858-1917
/ Western world
/ Democracy
/ Individualism
/ Religion
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy VA Philosophy ZC Politics in general |
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Multiculturalism
B Morality B Death of God B Democratic theory B Political Liberalism B Religious Pluralism |
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