Reason, Religion and Modernity: Gadamer-Habermas Debate

Reason, Religion and Modernity: Gadamer-Habermas Debate (SpringerBriefs in Philosophy)
Author: by Anil Kumar Vaddiraju (Author)
Publisher: Springer
Edition: 2024th
Publication Date: 2024-03-02
Language: English
Print Length: 80 pages
ISBN-10: 9819707021
ISBN-13: 9789819707027

Book Description
This book deals with the question of understanding religion and its relationship with politics in the context of developing countries. It reviews specific theories, such as modernisation theory, marxism, liberalism, hermeneutics and critical approach to explain questions related to religion and religious traditions. The book focuses on the recent attempts to theorise religion by Jurgen Habermas. It argues modernisation and orthodox Marxian theory are inadequate in understanding the recent spurt of religious phenomenon in politics. It discusses Hans-Georg Gadamer’s view to show a way forward regarding dialectical hermeneutics in facilitating a dialogue between different traditions and religions. The book is of interest to students, scholars, practitioners of development, and all those who concern themselves with the questions of religion, tradition, modernity and secular well-being in developing countries such as India and beyond.

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