
Vallás és ráció : Weber varázstalanítás fogalmának recepciójához
Author(s) -
András Máté-Tóth,
Sára Heidl
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
vallástudományi szemle
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2939-6336
pISSN - 1786-4062
DOI - 10.55193/rs.2020.2.26
Subject(s) - disenchantment , rationalization (economics) , secularization , epistemology , sociology of religion , sociology , philosophy , religious studies , social science , political science , law , politics
The present study tries to examine Max Weber’s famous technical term „disenchantment” and the rationalization of religion along with the receptions of Christofer Adair-Toteff, Hans Joas and Jürgen Habermas. First Adair-Toteff summarizes the general meaning concerning the rationalization in the concept of Weber by reflecting critically on the most important authors. Secondly, Hans Joas followed historically the genealogy and the inherent dynamic of the term and idea of „Entzauberung” (disenchantment). He focuses on the central question of sociology of religion, whether it is possible to describe and analyze the role of religion in modern societies by employing the Weberian concepts of disenchantment and rationalization. Thirdly and lastly, Jürgen Habermas, similarly to Jonas, offers an alternative understanding of the linear process of secularization and rationalization. We hope that through the examination of the three different receptions have contributed to the contemporary discourse concerning Weber’s theory of religion in Hungary.