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Resistance to pragmatic tendencies in the world of working in the religious finite province of meaning

Michael Barber(Saint Louis University)

pp. 565-588

Abstract

This essay describes some of the basic pragmatic tendencies at work in the world of working and then shows how the finite provinces of meaning of theoretical contemplation and literature act against those pragmatic tendencies. This analysis prepares the way to see how the religious province of meaning in a similar but also distinctive way acts back against these pragmatic tendencies. These three finite provinces of meaning make it possible to see the world from another center of orientation than that of the ego agens and its proclivity to bring transcendences within reach, thereby freeing oneself to a degree from the fundamental anxiety and revealing the uniqueness of oneself and others, who are no longer subjected to working's pragmatic imperatives.

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Staudigl Michael (2017) Alfred Schutz and religion. Human Studies 40 (4).

Pages: 565-588

DOI: 10.1007/s10746-015-9356-2

Full citation:

Barber Michael (2017) „Resistance to pragmatic tendencies in the world of working in the religious finite province of meaning“. Human Studies 40 (4), 565–588.