Sacred and Profane. Essential ambiguity and vital necessity of the Sacred.

• Authors: Franco Ferrarotti

Abstracts

EN

In a situation in which the market economy is regarded as so important and decisive as to induce the emergence of a market society, the notion of the «sacred» becomes essential. The market is perfectly legitimate as a forum of negotiations, but it has a purely instrumental value. A market society is a contradiction in terminis. Only the concept of the Sacred, despite its ambiguity, can preserve and enhance the final values on which a society is built (justice, love, human recognition, interpersonal dialogue).

Keywords

EN

market; sacred versus profane; interaction; dialogue

• Publisher: Academicus. International Scientific Journal publishing house
• Journal: Academicus. International Scientific Journal
• Year: 2018
• Issue: 17
• Pages: 9-35

Dates

published

2018

Contributors

author

Franco Ferrarotti

Identifiers

Biblioteka Nauki

1037574