Open AccessMisticizm and Rationality as the Problem of Metaphilosophy
Author(s) -
Henry Grigoryan
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
wisdom/imastut'yun
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.188
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 2738-2753
pISSN - 1829-3824
DOI - 10.24234/wisdom.v1i1.7
Subject(s) - secularization , materialism , atheism , rationality , religiosity , conformity , ambivalence , religious studies , metaphilosophy , secularism , conservatism , mysticism , asceticism , epistemology , philosophy , sociology , aesthetics , social psychology , psychology , political science , theology , law , islam , modern philosophy , politics
In order to answer these questions much closer attention should be paid to what is usually called “mystical experience” which lies at the base of the religious experience diversity (William James) or “religious virtuosity” (Max Weber). In conformity with the problem of secularization, appealing to such an experience allows to understand an ambivalent character of secularization legitimating under the banner of free-thinking not only for the secular atheism and materialism, but also for the secular non-church religiosity.