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Immanent transcendence in Georg Simmel's sociology of religion.
- Source :
- Journal of Classical Sociology; Feb2010, Vol. 10 Issue 1, p5-32, 28p
- Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- This article presents a systematic reconstruction of Georg Simmel's sociology of religion. Following the development of his sociology of religion, it successively analyses religion as a form of interaction, as a symbolic form and as a personal form. The main argument is that all of Simmel's writings are metaphysical and that religion is only one form among others that gathers the fragments of existence into a unified totality. Religiosity is the central category of Simmel's writings on religion. It 'detranscendentalizes' religion and locates its conditions of possibility within the aspirations of wholeness of the soul. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1468795X
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Classical Sociology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 48052107
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1468795X09352559