摘要
彼得·贝格尔是美国当代知名社会学理论家和宗教社会学家,在其学术生涯的早期发表《神圣的帷幕》一书,对当时知识界公认的西方工业社会普遍世俗化现象进行了阐释,从而使他赢得世俗化理论家的声誉。贝格尔的阐释工作主要围绕"世俗化"概念的定义、世俗化现象的西方宗教渊源、世俗化在社会结构层面的表现以及世俗化与多元主义的关系等方面而展开。从大处着眼、强调历史与现实的关联和比照,是贝格尔对世俗化现象阐释所采取的基本思辨策略。这样的思辨策略固然使他的相关论述极具思想穿透力和说服力,但也导致研究方法上对经验的事实和证据有所忽略或甄别不足的缺陷,为他后期职业生涯中放弃世俗化命题的重大学术转向埋下伏笔。
Peter Berger is a famous American sociological theoretician and sociologist of religion.In his early academic book The Sacred Canopy,he elaborates on the intellectually-recognized common secularization of the Western industrial society,which won him a name of secularization theoretician.Berger＇s elaboration centers on the definition of ＂secularization＂ conception,the Western religious origins of secularization,the manifestations of secularization at the social structure level and the relationship between secularization and pluralism.The basic speculative strategies in his elaboration lie in his taking a wider view,and emphasizing the relation and contrast between history and reality.Such strategies made his relative discussions thought-penetrating and convincing,but led to some defects in research methods,such as overlooking or inadequate screening of empirical facts or evidence,which foreshadows his important academic turning from secularization thesis later in his career.
出处
《上饶师范学院学报》
2017年第5期15-22,共8页
Journal of Shangrao Normal University
基金
国家社科基金项目(13CZJ001)
关键词
贝格尔
世俗化
西方宗教
社会结构
多元主义
思辨策略
Berger
secularization
Western religion
social structure
pluralism
speculative strategies
