Document Title
Où est passé la «voix morale» de la religion? La troisième vague du marché et la montée de l’ideology néoliberale
Alternative Title
Where did the "moral voice" of religion go? The third wave of the market and the rise of neoliberal ideology
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.