Document Title
Où est passé la «voix morale» de la religion? La troisième vague du marché et la montée de l’ideology néoliberale
Department/School
Sociology and Anthropology
Abstract
This article explores the religious moral opposition to the three waves of ideological “commodification” (“marketization”) that have shaken the Anglo-American world since the mid-18th century. Each wave has increased social inequality, destroyed worker’s rights, and one way or another, led to economic collapse. The first two waves have also raised a considerable number of religious critiques, which has not been the case with the third wave. This article explains this silence based on five contemporary sociological theories on religion: secularization, the resurgence of conservative, individualization, localization, and theories of the economics of religion. Not only do these tendencies diminish religions’ ability to put forth a sustained social critique but these sociological narratives themselves tend to reduce the impact of the religions moral stance.
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Revue du M.A.U.S.S.(Mouvement anti-utilitariste dans les sciences sociales)
Publication Date
8-2017
Volume
49
Issue
1
Pages
148-166
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.3917/rdm.049.0148
Comments
This article is in French, translated by François Gauthier. The abstract is an English translation of the French (translated) version of the abstract.