Publikacja:

Theocracy: A Continuing Challenge to Post-Modernism. How Democracy Requires a Post-Modern Attitude for the Positive Evolution of Global Society

Data

2012
Artykuł
Przeszukaj czasopismo Uproszczony widok Pełne metadane Statystyki
 
cris.legacyid6475
cris.virtual.journalance#PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE#
cris.virtualsource.journalance648ce774-05ae-47f3-8a1b-62524c23badd
dc.abstract.plDemocracy needs to defend itself from the many immediate threats - technology, imperialism, global economic powers, human passivity and reactionary religion. Reactionary religion has taken the lead worldwide in rejecting pluralism and democracy, viewing both values as gateways to secularism and decadence. Both modernism and postmodernism have failed to fully address the success of the continued political advances of the religious right worldwide. A new, postmodern politics of meaning is needed to address basic human needs currently served by the cosmology of traditional religious orthodoxy. Progressive thinkers in philosophy, religion and in critical theory must work dialectically to retain the good of religion and spirituality, the need for ultimate meaning, and the challenge of reducing negative, anti-democratic impulses. These impulses are embodied in theocracy and a fear of life. Until religion is totally reinvented or evolves to a higher level we will have to defend many democratic values from religious extremists. A live and let live political philosophy is a good defense of democracy.
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of San Francisco and the University of Detroit Mercy
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Scranton
dc.contributor.authorMike Whitty
dc.contributor.authorJerry Biberman
dc.date.accessioned2025-07-25T16:43:52Z
dc.date.available2025-07-25T16:43:52Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.date.published2012
dc.description.issue3
dc.description.physical53-58
dc.description.volume10
dc.identifier.issn1532-5555
dc.identifier.urihttps://repozytorium.kozminski.edu.pl/handle/item/2907
dc.languageen
dc.relation.ispartofTamara: Journal for Critical Organization Inquiry
dc.relation.pages53-58
dc.rightsCC-BY-4.0
dc.subjectpost-modernism
dc.subjectdemocracy
dc.subjecttheocracy
dc.subjectglobal society
dc.subtypeOriginal
dc.title

Theocracy: A Continuing Challenge to Post-Modernism. How Democracy Requires a Post-Modern Attitude for the Positive Evolution of Global Society

dc.typeArticle
dspace.entity.typePublication