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porous self: a standalone construct

One name. One construct. A landmark on the map.

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Sociology of religion

Taylor's term for the premodern self that is open to spirits, forces and meanings from outside, as opposed to the modern buffered self.

In sociology of religion, porous self refers to Taylor's term for the premodern self that is open to spirits, forces and meanings from outside, as opposed to the modern buffered self. This meaning comes from Taylor (2007) in A Secular Age.[1]

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buffered self1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct secular3 fields · 8 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs term4 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

Taylor, C. (2007). A Secular Age. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674026766

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