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Introduction Introduction
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A relational approach to non-religious collective identities A relational approach to non-religious collective identities
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The SHA: between life-stance organization and opinion-making interest organization The SHA: between life-stance organization and opinion-making interest organization
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Secular humanism as a comprehensive life stance Secular humanism as a comprehensive life stance
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Secular humanism as an opinion-making force Secular humanism as an opinion-making force
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SHA members’ understanding of science SHA members’ understanding of science
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The ‘enemies of the Enlightenment’ The ‘enemies of the Enlightenment’
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Religion and science: secular humanists as propagators of the conflict narrative Religion and science: secular humanists as propagators of the conflict narrative
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Science and its wannabes: secular humanists’ efforts to limit the influence of ‘pseudoscience’ Science and its wannabes: secular humanists’ efforts to limit the influence of ‘pseudoscience’
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Postmodernism as a pivotal antagonist Postmodernism as a pivotal antagonist
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Non-religious collective identities and their impact on science references Non-religious collective identities and their impact on science references
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Conclusion Conclusion
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Notes Notes
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References References
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9 Avoiding the ‘Anti-intellectual Abyss’: How Secular Humanists in Sweden try to Define the Boundaries between Science, Religion, Pseudoscience and Postmodernism
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Published:May 2019
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Abstract
At least as far back as the “science wars” of the 1990s, many secular humanists and rationalist intellectuals have regarded the “defense of science” as “a war on two fronts.” Scientific methods and theories are viewed not only as being attacked by religious and pseudoscientific ideas but also by postmodernist thinking. Drawing on a relational approach to research non-religion in combination with adopting a perspective of collective action, this chapter examines the ways in which different constructions of non-religious collective identities and the establishment of different relationships with diverse opponents influence the ways in which secular humanists use references to science. Kind analyzes the positioning of members of the Swedish Humanist Association in relation to their opponents in public discourse and education. In both contexts, members act as scientific experts as well as a “life stance community” and promoters of a naturalistic worldview, thereby conflicting and competing with both religious and academic actors.
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