RT Article
T1 Magic, Religion, Science, Technology, and Ethics in the Postmodern World
JF Zygon
VO 40
IS 2
SP 307
OP 322
A1 Strassberg, Barbara A.
LA English
PB Wiley-Blackwell
YR 2005
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/182795759X
AB Abstract. In this essay I argue that magic, religion, science, technology, and ethics are components of cultures that coexist at every stage of the evolution of societies and cultures and are interconnected and intertwined with each other within the web of relationships with other components of social life and culture. They undergo changes under the influence of each other and of social and cultural factors that coevolve with them throughout the history of humanity in the direction of democratization. The religion-and-science discussion is embedded within the framework of the postmodern social scientific discourse to illustrate that the apparent contradictions or substitutions disappear and that in actual human experience there is cooperation and complementarity between these elements of culture.
K1 Trust
K1 Technology
K1 Sociology
K1 Science
K1 Religion
K1 Postmodernity
K1 Magic
K1 Evolution
K1 Ethics
K1 Democratization
K1 Culture
DO 10.1111/j.1467-9744.2005.00664.x