Dimes and Judas slide into a review of “The Disenchantment of the World” by Marcel Gauchet, an accounting of the history of religion in the interest of establishing a dramatic temporal demarcation past which genuine faith ceases to be widespread. Contrasted against the development of the state and the man’s dominion over the paranormal through inquisition, it seeks to explain why the recapturing of faith has become faith itself.

Timestamps:

00:00 – “The Disenchantment of the World” Discussion Begins

03:33 – Social Structure Escaped Religion and Dominated It

07:41 – World Accepting vs. World Rejecting, Revisited

16:36 – The Development of Reducing Practical Otherness

20:49 – The State Severs History in Two

23:10 – The Priest Class Representing Control Over God

24:57 – A Revolution of Individuality Swept the World

28:26 – Understanding “The One” Creates Runaway Disassociation

36:42 – God Absent in Nature Becomes Absent in our Hierarchies