O declínio do sagrado e a constituição da identidade do homem moderno

Abstract

The present research is intended to investigate the influence of the decline of the sacred in the constitution of modern man Identity. To answer this problem, the work was divided into three chapters that relate to the main objectives of the research. Initially, there was an effort to define sacred and what its decline in modernity has meant. Then, the phenomenon of identity in the modern era was investigated, as well as its characteristics and entanglements. The last chapter aimed to demonstrate the relationship between sacred and identity. The methodology comprises narrative research of literature, using books and related scientific articles as sources, delivering an analysis under the hypothetical-deductive method. The main findings show that the ability to sacralize the world helps man to structure and find himself in the construction of his own identity throughout his existence. On the other hand, the decline of the sacred, throughout modernity has demonstrated that man was left without parameters stable enough to constitute what in itself is already changeable, his being. In conclusion: the ability to sacralize the world is fundamental for the stability of any idea in the chaotic conjuncture of man's existence.