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

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...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:ce05571f76814b3cae0a65a9444c1d662021-12-02T19:11:41ZSacred and Profane. Essential ambiguity and vital necessity of the Sacred.2079-37152309-108810.7336/academicus.2018.17.01https://doaj.org/article/ce05571f76814b3cae0a65a9444c1d662018-01-01T00:00:00Z http://www.academicus.edu.al/nr17/Academicus-MMXVIII-17-09-035.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/2079-3715https://doaj.org/toc/2309-1088In 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).Franco FerrarottiAcademicusarticlemarket; sacred versus profane; interaction; dialogueSocial SciencesHEconomics as a scienceHB71-74ENAcademicus International Scientific Journal, Vol MMXVIII, Iss 17, Pp 9-35 (2018)
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Sacred and Profane. Essential ambiguity and vital necessity of the Sacred.
description 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).
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