Benjamin Cain
Nov 29, 2021

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Then you seem to have a short fuse. I side with philosophy against theistic religion, but I also take up a sociological, Durkheimian concept of religion which encompasses the tribal, cultish aspects of secular society. I criticize those too.

Moreover, relative to the nascent scientism and neoliberalism you find in business and psychological circles (the ones I criticize in the article), philosophy and religion are on the same level. Likewise, philistines and vulgar populists are liable to reject all aspects of higher culture.

Finally, I agree with Nietzsche that we might want to search for a viable, atheistic religion to hold society together against the horrors of nature's disenchantment. I suspect that that hypermodern religion will be pantheistic.

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Benjamin Cain
Benjamin Cain

Written by Benjamin Cain

Ph.D. in philosophy / Knowledge condemns. Art redeems. / https://benjamincain.substack.com / https://ko-fi.com/benjamincain / benjamincain8@gmailDOTcom

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