RELIGION AND THE PUBLIC ORDER BEYOND MODERNITY
Keywords:
Ending of the 'Modern' World, Organization of Knowledge, Invention of 'Religion', Violence, Power,and PeaceAbstract
There is much talk these days, in European academic circles, about 'postmodernism'. No-one seems quite sure, just what 'postmodernism' means, nor whether we should welcome it with open arms or nervously lament its dawning, but the mere fact that the notion is so fashionable would seem to indicate a widespread recognition that the world which we called 'modern' is now drawing to a close.
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