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

Updates the theory of Jameson from late capitalism to digital capitalism, and of Ritzer from the McDonalidisation of society to the i-zation of society

Explores current theories on the standardisation and branding of religion

Introduces new concepts such as the Pygmalion process Critiques the post-secular project and its inclusion in neoliberalism Analyses the place of religion in neoliberalism and proposal for a compassionate tax

Autorentext

Adam Possamai is Professor in Sociology and Director of Research in the School of Social Sciences and Psychology at Western Sydney University. He is the (co)author and (co)editor of a dozen academic books, 5 novels, and close to 80 refereed articles and book chapters. He is the past President of the International Sociological Association's Committee 22 on the Sociology of Religion. He has been a visiting Professor at the City University of New York and the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. His latest books are Religions, Nations and Transnationalism in Multiple Modernities (edited with Patrick Michel and Bryan Turner, 2017, Palgrave McMillan), Religion and Non-Religion among Australian Aboriginal Peoples (edited with James Cox, 2016, Routledge), The Sociology of Shari'a: Case Studies from Around the World (edited with James Richardson and Bryan Turner, 2015, Springer) and the novel L'histoire extraordinaire de Baudelaire (2017, Rivière Blanche).

Inhalt

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.