Abstract
Equality is a political and moral ideal that refers to some universal condition thought to be shared by human beings. Since this inherent equality is often thought to have been corrupted by a self-interested secular world, this essay shifts the emphasis from equality as a timeless concept to equalization as a historical process.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Vocabulary for the study of religion |
| Editors | Robert A. Segal, Kocku von Stuckrad |
| Place of Publication | Leiden |
| Publisher | Brill |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789004290433 |
| Publication status | Published - 14 Dec 2015 |
Keywords
- Equalization processes
- Income equality
- Moral equality
- Civil equality
- Political equality
- Social equality
- Norbert Elias
- Karl Marx
- Distinction
- Diffusion