Empirijska verifikacija tipologije ateizma

Scientific paper - Preliminary note / Short communication

• Title (english): Empirical Verification of a Typology of Atheism
• Author: Benjamin Čulig
• Author: Ksenija Klasnić https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9362-6739
• Author: Jelena Jakšić
• Author's institution: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of Sociology)
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology

Abstract (croatian)

Temeljna ideja ovog rada jest da se ateističko uvjerenje – na sličan način kao i religijsko – može pojaviti u različitim oblicima i klasificirati na različite načine. U tu svrhu pokušalo se empirijski provjeriti hipotezu o postojanju sedam različitih tipova ateističkog uvjerenja. Tijekom 2008. godine provedeno je preliminarno znanstveno istraživanje metodom ankete na stratificiranome proporcionalnom kvotnom uzorku (N = 353) studenata i studentica Sveučilišta u Zagrebu. Istraživanje je pokazalo da je moguće govoriti o pet tipova ateista: racionalist, pozitivist, antiteist, sudbinist i štovatelj Više sile. Ateist racionalist apsolutno je siguran u nepostojanje Boga te smatra da je religija skup besmislenih postavki i logičkih nedosljednosti. Ateist pozitivist slijepo vjeruje u znanost i drži da će znanost jednog dana objasniti smisao svega postojećeg. Antireligijski orijentiran ateist ili antiteist nije zainteresiran za spoznajna pitanja, kao ni za pitanja smisla postojećeg; njega zanima društveno okruženje. On se obično druži s ateistima, smatrajući ih inteligentnijima od vjernika. Ateist sudbinist nije ni klasičan ateist niti je vjernik. Umjesto vjere u Boga on vjeruje u sudbinu, a objašnjenje svega što mu se događa traži u horoskopima i sličnim alternativnim izvorima objašnjenja vlastitog života i života ljudi oko sebe. Štovatelj Više sile spoznajni je relativist, koji vjeruje u postojanje Više sile. Zaključak je da je jedini »pravi« tip ateista ateist racionalist, dok su svi ostali samo različiti tipovi alternativnog uvjerenja, po strukturi analogni religijskom uvjerenju.

Abstract (english)

Starting from the assumption that atheism as a personal conviction – in a similar way to religious belief – may appear in different forms, the basic aim of this paper was to verify the hypothesis on the existence of 7 different types of atheists, which resulted with preliminary scientific survey research conducted in 2008th on a stratified proportional quota sample (N = 353) of students at the University of Zagreb. The research has shown that it is possible to talk about 5 types of atheists: rational type, positivistic type, anti-theist type, fatalist type and admirer of force majeure. The rational type is absolutely convinced in the absence of God and believes that religion is a set of meaningless settings and logical inconsistencies. The positivistic type blindly believes in science. He/she also believes that science will one day explain the meaning of all existing. The anti-religious oriented atheist or anti-theist type is not even interested in cognitive issues, or in questions of meaning; instead, he/she is primarily interested in the personal social environment. This type usually spends time with atheists, considering them more intelligent than believers. The fatalist type is neither a classic atheist nor a believer. Instead of faith in God, this type is prone to another kind of belief. He/she believes in fate and he/she looks for answers in horoscopes and similar sources of alternative explanations of his/her own life and the lives of people around him. The admirer of force majeure is a cognitive relativist, a believer in the existence of force majeure. The only type determined in the research which is considered to be a “real” atheist is – the rational atheist. All others are merely different types of alternative believers.

• Keywords (croatian): ateizam; tipovi ateista; ateist racionalist; ateist pozitivist; antiteist; ateist sudbinist; ateist štovatelj Više sile
• Keywords (english): atheism; types of atheists; rational atheist; positivistic atheist; anti-theist; atheist fatalist; atheist admirer of force majeure
• Language: croatian
• Publication type: Scientific paper - Preliminary note / Short communication
• Publication status: Published
• Peer review: Peer review
• Publication version: Published version
• Journal title: Revija za sociologiju
• Numbering: vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 185-212
• p-ISSN: 0350-154X
• e-ISSN: 1846-7954
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5613/rzs.41.2.3
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:837584
• Publication: 2011
• Document URL: https://hrcak.srce.hr/71354
• Type of resource: Text
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2022-05-11 17:50:34