Secularization is a movement that is supposed to enable a modern society to be a democratic community with the autonomy of the individual. Through a genealogical method, Talal Asad tries to discover the origin and formation of the concept of secularism. As an anthropologist, he places the secular in relation to religion and tradition. Secular is supposed to be based on a
mathematical understanding and justification of the individual as an autonomous subject. This led to the shift of religion to privacy and often the understanding of religion only as a belief based exclusively on one’s inner experience. Body and habits are neglected. Tradition that has once shaped habits, speech, and bodily responses through life learning is also ignored or even undesirable. From these findings, the article attempts to present how a tradition transmitted through socialization can help in dealing with the crises of humanity. The resilience of individuals and communities depends on the success of learning from experiences of previous generations and creative translation into a reallife situation.
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