Habermas Commentary/Books/TCA2/p106

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Durkheim saw a trend toward the linguistification of the sacred. That trend is visible in several ways: in rationalization of worldviews, in universalization of law and morality, and in progressive individuation.

Durkheim's view predicts that the concept of ego-identity