Between Naturalism and Religion – The Idea of Post- secular Society in Habermas’ Thought Cover Image

Między naturalizmem a religią. O idei społeczeństwa postsekularnego w myśli Jürgena Habermasa
Between Naturalism and Religion – The Idea of Post- secular Society in Habermas’ Thought

Author(s): Rafał Wonicki
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: sekularyzm; postsekularyzm; Habermas; religia; społeczeństwo postsekularne; sfera publiczna; zdrowy rozsądekSecularism; Postsecularism; Habermas; Religion; Post-secular Society; Public Sphere; Common Sense

Summary/Abstract: The article is written as the introduction to Habermas’ views on mutual relation between reason and faith and to his idea of post-secular society. Its main aim is to reconstruct the main thesis of the author of “Theory of Communicative Action” and to grasp potential difficulties in his approach. According to Habermas secularization does not lead to the weakening of the religion and increase of the validity of religion does not threaten the process of secularization. Thus, including the fact that region and secular outlooks co-exist he tries to find the common background which enable the dialog between them. In order to do it he refers to the theory of deliberative constitutional state claiming that the common sense can play in the postsecular societies the role of the mediator between the science and religions’ point of view.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 127-136
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish