Postmodernization of religion -a brief remark-

Abstract

In this article, the postmodernization of religion is analyzed as part of the individualization and alienation of the "cultural reification" process. In attempting to define the "postmodernization of religion" within a general philosophical framework, two specific social phenomena are considered. First, the article takes up the "crisis" of modernity, with special reference to the secularization and subjectivation that has undermined the universality of modernity and legitimized the individualization of social life. Second, a philosophical deliberation about Christianity between two preeminent philosophers (Rorty and Vattimo) is examined to shed light upon the debate about Islam in Turkey. This deliberation between Rorty and Vattimo is indirectly reminiscent of disputes about the role of Islam in Turkish society and politics.