# Detraditionalization

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{{Short description|Erosion of tradition in religion}}
In [social theory](/source/social_theory), '''detraditionalization''' refers to the erosion of [tradition](/source/tradition) in religion ([secularization](/source/secularization), [agnosticism](/source/agnosticism), [religious disaffiliation](/source/religious_disaffiliation)) and society in [postmodernism](/source/postmodernism).

Subscribing individuals in [traditional societies](/source/Traditional_society) believe in established, timeless, authoritative orders and [values](/source/Value_(personal_and_cultural)), above the [individual](/source/individual), and timeless attainable goals. Such beliefs may manifest as specific behavior.

Factors that contribute to ''loss of tradition'' are endorsement of individual [choice](/source/choice) and responsibility or the "sacred" (in [Émile Durkheim](/source/%C3%89mile_Durkheim)'s sense of the term) individual itself in [democratic](/source/democracy) societies, and the revolution in [communications](/source/Information_and_communications_technology). Among the theorists who believe that society is [moving](/source/social_change) from a modernity that has been largely traditional to a post-traditional time is [Anthony Giddens, Baron Giddens](/source/Anthony_Giddens%2C_Baron_Giddens).

==See also==
* [Personal development](/source/Personal_development)
* [Economic freedom](/source/Economic_freedom), [Individualism and Economic Order](/source/Individualism_and_Economic_Order)
* [solipsism](/source/solipsism), [egocentrism](/source/egocentrism)
* [Fin de siècle](/source/Fin_de_si%C3%A8cle), [Degeneration](/source/Social_degeneration)
* [freedom of choice](/source/freedom_of_choice)

==References==
*{{cite book|title=Detraditionalization|editor=Paul Heelas|editor-link=Paul Heelas|editor2=Scott Lash|editor2-link=Scott Lash|editor3=Paul Morris |editor3-link=Paul Morris (religious studies professor) |isbn=978-1-55786-554-0|year=1995|publisher=Wiley-Blackwell}} Contributors include [Mark Poster](/source/Mark_Poster), [Richard Sennett](/source/Richard_Sennett), [Ulrich Beck](/source/Ulrich_Beck), [Margaret Archer](/source/Margaret_Archer), [Mary Douglas](/source/Mary_Douglas) and [Thomas Luckmann](/source/Thomas_Luckmann).
*https://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~janzb/courses/hum3255/giddensdetrad1.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311101606/http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~janzb/courses/hum3255/giddensdetrad1.htm |date=2018-03-11 }}
*http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Enttraditionalisierung.html

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