New atheism and secularism
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https://doi.org/10.18778/1689-4286.42.04Keywords:
New Atheism, Dawkins, Taylor, religion, public sphere, democracy, atheismAbstract
The paper attempts to analyze the theoretical conditions of the possible conflict between the New Atheism and modern secular liberal democracies. After short presentation of a few main components of neoatheistic thinking I concentrate on the notion of secularism as proposed by Charles Taylor. I conclude that by identifying the religion as “the root of all evil” the New Atheists are revealing the unjustifiable lack of judgment, as their aggressive antireligious stance generates rather crises and conflicts than social harmony.
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