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The Power of the Sacred
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- čas přidán 6. 11. 2011
- Sociologists Jeffrey Alexander and Gordon Lynch explore the idea that modern society, from politics to the media, remains deeply influenced by a sense of "the sacred".
Listen to the full audio: www.thersa.org/...
So excited to finally see some Sociologists in the spotlight.
right? aha
I think the problem here is the use of the word sacred as a shorthand for those innate human responses which promote social harmony. The word 'sacred' is simply an artifact of a stunted vocabulary left to us by the ignorance of our past.
wow its like a TED talk but relevant
lmao
Only true measure of "The Sacred" is the Golden Rule. The "Profane" can NEVER measure up. Even the Ancients understood this simple fact. Our current social problems all stem from forgetting these basic ancient truths. Rational has become an "educated" man's way of deceiving himself, and "rational" without emotion will almost always cause harm. Einstein summed this up by saying, "We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality."
So how is that "the Sacred" is not synonymous to the word "values"? Sounding dangerously close to newage is all.
2:22 "fuck my life, I gotta listen to this every day on this bloody tour"
Thank you! In response to the comment below; What if 'new age' is actually the synthesis of what we now know of science and where the mystical soul and Spirit meet? Bantering about the term 'new age' in a judgmental way may not be the best way to continue this conversation. I see this very intellectual discussion above as a very deep hunger for something that has been lost to society. What if 'religion' has actually been a trick of the ego, to keep us from experiencing the sacred?
thanks!
@BartvG88 :) didnt assassin creed start within an arab city? where do you think they got that from?
This might be a little off topic, but MW3 COMING IN LESS THAN 7 HOURS!
I don't think that the English language is the appropriate medium to discuss what sacred means. In English, there's what we hold sacred and what is a sacred experience. The discrepancy in semantics is apparent in the discussion.
A valuable video. Thank you.
Very interesting. I think having "sacred cows" relieves us of the great task of resolving them from empirical data, but we can tentatively know that there indeed is a way to analyze its pillars.
I mean ask an average chap if and why courts is the best way to judicate. That dude would rather reiterate that this is just a sacred cow.
@TheJamon79 Some people could not care less about that game. Just FYI.
Subtitles would be greatly appreciated! please!!
Yeah, I can't say I'm in favour of keeping the word "sacred" on life support in this way. It carries too much baggage - most of which isn't good baggage.
@anerki90 Are you from Pakistan, bro?
@TheAbe546 Why sir?
Rather too short, but still interesting.
@anerki90 and Christianity and Mormonism and Veganism and so on.
@TheJamon79 Mortal Wombat 3?
@dushiemcbag
these two channels are very similar
I agree shallow and pedantic
So,we should try to continue manipulating societies and its individuals rather than give them the power of self-awareness (and I'm not saying it's easy, but it's way more rewarding) so that they can find a true sense of spirituality and drive this world a bit better than what we have so far? Hm.....Don't agree with it!
clearly you've never been to university then
@Nhurm : word :)
@UPaDRIVWAY philosophy my friend. Is what they do, they think.
@anerki90 nu-huh, it was assassins creed. XD
@ErikRicardoLC nope i beg to differ its actually fundamentally different in christianity you believe that jesus is the son of god and that he got crucified and rose from the dead and the rest of the tale you cant question that! you cant say did anyone actually see him rise up? and how legit is the person that said she saw him? but in islam you can question everything even the existence of god and question was mohammad actually a prophet or just another scam and the response is proven scientfcly
@ErikRicardoLC no im not man
They seriously get paid for this?
What a waste of time. This discussion should be titled "The Obfuscation of Morality" or "Moral relativism on steroids." I couldn't figure out what any of these guys trying to say. Morality, for me at least, is nothing more nor less than the golden rule. Trying to define it more precisely or give it a transcendental significance just seems to destroy or obscure the very basis and utility of it. These guys need to realize only the very simple, clear, and direct has any hope of ever being sacred.
@TheAbe546 Néhéhéhéhéhé :p
nothing is sacred all is permitted thats what islam came with
@TheJamon79 Who cares
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