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Believing in the Net : [implicit religion and the internet hype, 1994-2001] /
Starting with Weber's disenchantment thesis, a sociological tradition has developed that associates modernity with a crisis of meaning. The demystification of our worldview and the decreasing influence of religious traditions in specific are seen as obstacles for making sense of human existence...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
Leiden University Press,
©2010.
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| Colección: | LUP dissertations.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Starting with Weber's disenchantment thesis, a sociological tradition has developed that associates modernity with a crisis of meaning. The demystification of our worldview and the decreasing influence of religious traditions in specific are seen as obstacles for making sense of human existence. In fact, modern societies are full of meaning and they continue to be religious. This study shows that, in an implicit form, religion can be found everywhere in our culture. The Internet hype of the 1990s was a particularly effervescent example of implicit religiosity. The hopeful discourse about the Internet that typified this hype drew on religious ideas and language, and it inspired strong belief. This book explores the appeal of the Internet as an object of faith and it looks at how it could serve as a source of meaning. This title can be previewed in Google Books - http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN9789087280758. |
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| Notas: | Subtitle from cover. Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Leiden, 2010. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (203 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9789048515387 9048515386 9087280750 9789087280758 1283231883 9781283231886 |
| ISSN: | 1879-3940 |