Toward a Hermeneutics of Secularization: the Meaning and Usage of the Interpretative Category of Secularization
| dc.contributor.advisor | Westerink, H. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Voogt, A.W. | |
| dc.date.issued | 20-10-02 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The hermeneutic use of ‘secularization’ for the interpretation of elements of secular modernity has sparked a debate on the meaning and validity of this category. This thesis contributes to this debate, first, by providing a genealogy of the concept of secularization; second, by reconstructing and evaluating the contributions of Hans Blumenberg and Giorgio Agamben; third, by offering a distinct account of the meaning of the interpretative category of secularization and of its valid hermeneutic use. It argues that secularization is not a concept that objectively signifies the religious features of a secular object; it is rather the strategic operation of an effective analogical relation between the secular and religious discursive domain, for the hermeneutic purpose of interpreting the meaning of an object. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://theses.ubn.ru.nl/handle/123456789/9944 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.thesis.faculty | Faculteit der Filosofie, Theologie en Religiewetenschappen | en_US |
| dc.thesis.specialisation | Filosofie van de Godsdienstwetenschappen | en_US |
| dc.thesis.studyprogramme | Master Filosofie (Wijsbegeerte van een bepaald wetenschapsgebied) | en_US |
| dc.thesis.type | Master | en_US |
| dc.title | Toward a Hermeneutics of Secularization: the Meaning and Usage of the Interpretative Category of Secularization | en_US |
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