Profane' rather than 'secular
Daniel Bell as cultural sociologist and critic of modern culture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4482028 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eduardo De La Fuente (0000-0002-9129-4969, Flinders University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 118 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 105-115 |
| Publication date | 2013-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Thesis Eleven (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0725-5136 • E-ISSN: 1461-7455 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0725513613504039 |
| OpenAlex | W2163979775 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
Daniel Bell's writings are often cast as offering a contemporary jeremiad regarding the corrosive effects of culture upon the modern economic and social order. In this paper, I take the opposite approach and argue that Bell is a sensitive cultural analyst who is claiming that human experience ought not to be deprived of culture - understood as symbol and myth that tap into the felt need for human transcendence. Bell could therefore be seen as a strong advocate for the concept of culture, and for a cultural sociology. It is only that the modern (and postmodern) versions of culture do not realize the full potential of culture to move and inspire human actors. The conclusion is reached that what ails modern culture is neither rationalization nor secularization, but rather what Bell termed the 'Great Profanization'. Rendering culture profane is much more serious, and deleterious, than any of the other specific dynamics sociologists have diagnosed regarding modern culture
Aesthetics · Art · Contemporary society · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Human culture · Literature · Modernity · Mythology · Postmodernism · Secularization · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Philosophy · Religious studies · Social and Cultural Dynamics
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |