Постсекулярное: валидная концепция или самообман?

Вопросы философии. 2024. № 2. С. 182–192.

Nosachev P.

At the beginning of the paper, the question is raised whether conception of the postsecular proposed by J. Habermas justified, then through an appeal to the classics
of the theory of secularization (P. Berger) shows the fundamental role of the scientific worldview for the existence of a secular situation and examines four
cases illustrating the process of transformation of the religious worldview under
the influence of scientific. The first case is the transformation of esotericism
in the XIX century and the emergence of occultism. The thesis about the synthetic
nature of occultism is proved by referring to the works of E. Levy, E. Blavatsky,
R. Steiner, A. Crowley, R. Guenon. The second case is the emergence of scientific apologetics in contemporary Christianity. The paper proves that most of
the debates about the place of religion in modern society (problems of biological
sex, reproductive technologies, euthanasia, environmental crisis, etc.) are directly caused by perception of science as ultimate truth. The third case is the formation of psychology and psychiatry as alternative forms of work with the inner
world of a person. On the example of the works of J.-M. Charcot, S. Freud and
K.G. Jung illustrates the desire of psychology to replace religion. To examine
the problem more deeply the situation of the dialog of psychiatry and modern
Russian Orthodoxy is considered, this process demonstrates the eclecticism
of the worldview of believers, in which the dominance of scientific discourse is
clearly traced. The last considered case is the situation of COVID-19 pandemic.
It is concluded that each of the considered cases illustrates the opposition of religion and science and it is hardly possible to talk about any full-fledged return
of the religious worldview until each of these cases is convincingly explained
from the point of post-secular worldview.
 

Keywords: наука, секуляризация, постсекулярное, western esotericism, западный эзотеризм, secular, Religion, религия, post-secular, Science