Brian Sudlow
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- July 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780719083112
- eISBN:
- 9781781703137
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719083112.003.0008
- Subject:
- History, European Modern History
This chapter aims to explore some of the inner dynamics of French and English Catholic literary revivals in ways that cast more light on the confrontation between secularisation and resistance to it. ...
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This chapter aims to explore some of the inner dynamics of French and English Catholic literary revivals in ways that cast more light on the confrontation between secularisation and resistance to it. One possible objection to the critics of secularisation is that the indices of religiosity in society show that secularisation has not occurred, or that it is at the least mitigated. This study provides an analysis of secularisation in which the model of the buffered individual poses two problems for religion when it is considered corporately. The first is that the buffered individual's mind-centred view of reality tends to undermine confidence in a commonly received meaning and purpose in the cosmos. The second is that the buffered individual's capacity for disengagement from this community of knowledge reinforces the model of radical individual autonomy, which Cavanaugh identifies as the basis on which secular politics is constructed.Less
This chapter aims to explore some of the inner dynamics of French and English Catholic literary revivals in ways that cast more light on the confrontation between secularisation and resistance to it. One possible objection to the critics of secularisation is that the indices of religiosity in society show that secularisation has not occurred, or that it is at the least mitigated. This study provides an analysis of secularisation in which the model of the buffered individual poses two problems for religion when it is considered corporately. The first is that the buffered individual's mind-centred view of reality tends to undermine confidence in a commonly received meaning and purpose in the cosmos. The second is that the buffered individual's capacity for disengagement from this community of knowledge reinforces the model of radical individual autonomy, which Cavanaugh identifies as the basis on which secular politics is constructed.
Lawrence E. Mitchell
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300090239
- eISBN:
- 9780300137767
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300090239.003.0006
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Development, Growth, and Environmental
This chapter discusses examples of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde to analyze corporate irresponsibility. It argues that corporate misbehavior is not especially the fault of corporate managers, stockholders, ...
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This chapter discusses examples of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde to analyze corporate irresponsibility. It argues that corporate misbehavior is not especially the fault of corporate managers, stockholders, and employees but the result which a person should expect from the legal structure and rules established to create the corporation. The legal structure and rules created for the corporation are derived from America' broader legal and social culture of radical autonomy. The corporation's legal structure and rules result in the decree to maximize stockholder profit within the confines of limited liability, a decree that not only gives managers, stockholders, and employees the excuse to behave badly but also encourages them to do so. The chapter also discusses, in detail, the structure of the corporation and the corporate franchise.Less
This chapter discusses examples of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde to analyze corporate irresponsibility. It argues that corporate misbehavior is not especially the fault of corporate managers, stockholders, and employees but the result which a person should expect from the legal structure and rules established to create the corporation. The legal structure and rules created for the corporation are derived from America' broader legal and social culture of radical autonomy. The corporation's legal structure and rules result in the decree to maximize stockholder profit within the confines of limited liability, a decree that not only gives managers, stockholders, and employees the excuse to behave badly but also encourages them to do so. The chapter also discusses, in detail, the structure of the corporation and the corporate franchise.
