Horkheimer's Sociology of Religion
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11051345 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rudolf Siebert (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 1976 |
| Issue | 30 |
| Pages | 127-144 |
| Publication date | 1976-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Telos (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-6514 • E-ISSN: 1940-459X |
| Publisher | Telos Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.3817/1276030127 |
| OpenAlex | W2333228570 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Along with Amery, Canetti, Steiner and Bloch, Max Horkheimer is one of those Jewish intellectuals who, in 20th century Europe, sought to re-examine the meaning of human existence. For these survivors of the holocaust neither the reassurances of liberal democracy nor the exhortations of a Zionist tradition could inspire confidence in the future. The barbarity of National Socialism had almost fully obliterated the Enlightenment, Western Christianity, and German Idealism. Thus, Horkheimer undertook to carefully re-examine all of these traditions, expecially Idealism, in formulating a critical sociology of religion that did not require a commitment to religious belief. In Western culture, where commodification is highly developed, the transcendent element of theory and practice has been almost eliminated
Commodification · Communism · Democracy · Enlightenment · Epistemology · German idealism · Hegelianism · Idealism · Materialism · Meaning (existential · Political science · Socialism · Sociology · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious studies · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices · Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory · Religious Studies
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1996 - 1996 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |