O lugar do Sagrado no contexto da tensão entre modernidade e pós modernidade a partir de Michel Maffesoli
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Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUC-Campinas)
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A presente dissertação investiga o lugar do sagrado no contexto da tensão entre modernidade e pós-modernidade a partir do pensamento de Michel Maffesoli, buscando compreender de que maneira as transformações da sensibilidade contemporânea possibilitam novas formas de manifestação e experiência do sagrado. Parte-se do diagnóstico de saturação de alguns dos principais fundamentos da modernidade, especialmente o individualismo, o racionalismo, o produtivismo e o mito do progresso, considerando que seu esgotamento não significa o desaparecimento da modernidade, mas evidencia uma transformação na maneira de perceber, organizar e experimentar a vida coletiva. Metodologicamente, trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa, de caráter bibliográfico e teórico-interpretativo, desenvolvida por meio da análise das principais obras de Michel Maffesoli relacionadas à crítica da modernidade, à pós-modernidade, à socialidade, ao imaginário e ao sagrado, em diálogo com autores que contribuem para a compreensão dos processos de racionalização, desencantamento e reconfiguração do sagrado. O percurso da investigação parte da análise da crise e da saturação dos valores modernos e, em seguida, examina categorias como razão sensível, persona, tribalismo, heterogeneidade, imaginário, estética, presenteísmo e societal, compreendidas como elementos constitutivos da sensibilidade pós-moderna. Os resultados da análise indicam que, na perspectiva maffesoliana, a pós-modernidade não representa uma ruptura absoluta com a modernidade, mas uma recomposição na qual elementos racionais, técnicos e individualizantes coexistem com a valorização do sensível, dos afetos, do pertencimento, do simbólico e das experiências compartilhadas. Nesse contexto, o reencantamento do mundo não deve ser entendido como simples retorno das formas religiosas tradicionais nem como reversão do processo de racionalização, mas como reconfiguração das possibilidades de manifestação do sagrado. Conclui-se que, no pensamento de Maffesoli, o sagrado tende a deslocar-se de formas exclusivamente institucionais e extraordinárias, encontrando também no cotidiano, nos vínculos comunitários, nos ritos, nas emoções compartilhadas, no imaginário e nas experiências do estar-junto espaços de expressão. Desse modo, o lugar do sagrado na sensibilidade pós-moderna pode ser compreendido não como restauração de uma configuração religiosa anterior, mas como processo de deslocamento e reconfiguração no interior do próprio tecido da vida social.
Abstract This dissertation investigates the place of the sacred within the tension between modernity and postmodernity through the thought of Michel Maffesoli, seeking to understand how transformations in contemporary sensibility enable new forms of manifestation and experience of the sacred. It takes as its starting point the diagnosis of the saturation of some of the main foundations of modernity, particularly individualism, rationalism, productivism, and the myth of progress, considering that their exhaustion does not imply the disappearance of modernity, but rather reveals a transformation in the ways collective life is perceived, organized, and experienced. Methodologically, this is a qualitative, bibliographical, and theoretical-interpretative study, developed through an analysis of Michel Maffesoli’s major works concerning the critique of modernity, postmodernity, sociality, the imaginary, and the sacred, in dialogue with authors who contribute to the understanding of the processes of rationalization, disenchantment, and the reconfiguration of the sacred. The investigation begins with an analysis of the crisis and saturation of modern values and subsequently examines categories such as sensitive reason, persona, tribalism, heterogeneity, the imaginary, aesthetics, presentism, and the societal, understood as constitutive elements of postmodern sensibility. The results indicate that, from Maffesoli’s perspective, postmodernity does not represent an absolute rupture with modernity, but rather a recomposition in which rational, technical, and individualizing elements coexist with an increasing emphasis on the sensible, affects, belonging, the symbolic, and shared experiences. In this context, the reenchantment of the world should not be understood as a simple return to traditional forms of religion, nor as a reversal of the process of rationalization, but rather as a reconfiguration of the possibilities through which the sacred may manifest itself. It is concluded that, in Maffesoli’s thought, the sacred tends to move beyond exclusively institutional and extraordinary forms, finding spaces of expression in everyday life, communal bonds, rituals, shared emotions, the imaginary, and experiences of being-together. Thus, the place of the sacred within postmodern sensibility can be understood not as the restoration of a previous religious configuration, but as a process of displacement and reconfiguration within the very fabric of social life.
Abstract This dissertation investigates the place of the sacred within the tension between modernity and postmodernity through the thought of Michel Maffesoli, seeking to understand how transformations in contemporary sensibility enable new forms of manifestation and experience of the sacred. It takes as its starting point the diagnosis of the saturation of some of the main foundations of modernity, particularly individualism, rationalism, productivism, and the myth of progress, considering that their exhaustion does not imply the disappearance of modernity, but rather reveals a transformation in the ways collective life is perceived, organized, and experienced. Methodologically, this is a qualitative, bibliographical, and theoretical-interpretative study, developed through an analysis of Michel Maffesoli’s major works concerning the critique of modernity, postmodernity, sociality, the imaginary, and the sacred, in dialogue with authors who contribute to the understanding of the processes of rationalization, disenchantment, and the reconfiguration of the sacred. The investigation begins with an analysis of the crisis and saturation of modern values and subsequently examines categories such as sensitive reason, persona, tribalism, heterogeneity, the imaginary, aesthetics, presentism, and the societal, understood as constitutive elements of postmodern sensibility. The results indicate that, from Maffesoli’s perspective, postmodernity does not represent an absolute rupture with modernity, but rather a recomposition in which rational, technical, and individualizing elements coexist with an increasing emphasis on the sensible, affects, belonging, the symbolic, and shared experiences. In this context, the reenchantment of the world should not be understood as a simple return to traditional forms of religion, nor as a reversal of the process of rationalization, but rather as a reconfiguration of the possibilities through which the sacred may manifest itself. It is concluded that, in Maffesoli’s thought, the sacred tends to move beyond exclusively institutional and extraordinary forms, finding spaces of expression in everyday life, communal bonds, rituals, shared emotions, the imaginary, and experiences of being-together. Thus, the place of the sacred within postmodern sensibility can be understood not as the restoration of a previous religious configuration, but as a process of displacement and reconfiguration within the very fabric of social life.
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CAETANO, Vinicius Coelho. O lugar do Sagrado no contexto da tensão entre modernidade e pós modernidade a partir de Michel Maffesoli. 2026. 1118 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Ciências da Religião) - Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Religião, Escola de Ciências Humanas, Jurídicas e Sociais, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas, Campinas, 2026.
