The i-zation of Society, Religion, and Neoliberal Post-Secularism

• Main Author: Possamai, Adam (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Religion and sociology.; Religion and politics.; Social sciences-Philosophy.; Sociology of Religion.; Politics and Religion.; Religion and Society.; Social Theory.

This book explores the elective affinity of religion and post-secularism with neoliberalism. With the help of digital capitalism, neoliberalism dominates, more and more, all aspects of life, and religion is not left unaffected. While some faith groups are embracing this hegemony, and others are simp...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Religions Aligned with Neoliberalism
• 2. Religions within Neoliberalism
• 3. Religious Alternatives to Neoliberalism
• 4. There is no such thing as a religion
• 5. Jameson (1):From Late Capitalism to Digital Capitalism
• 6. Jameson (2): From Pastiche to the Pygmalion Process
• 7. Ritzer (1): From The McDonaldization Thesis to the i-zation of Society
• 8. Ritzer (2) - Standardization and Branding
• 9. Habermas (1): A Neoliberal Post-secular Project
• 10. Habermas (2):Neoliberal Post-secularism and the i-zation of Society
• 11. Revising Religious Tax Exemption
• 12. Conclusions: A Global Compassionate Tax for the i-Society.