How do so many people come to “imagine” the world in such a way that their own society seems to make perfect sense and other peoples’ societies look exotic, troubling, or downright dangerous?

Compose a one-page, double-spaced essay which LINKS together the four concepts, discussing their INTERCONNECTION. The concepts are: “religion” (as discussed by Asad in connection to liberalism), “social imaginary” (introduced by Charles Taylor), “secular/secularization” (using the reading from Taylor), and “globalization” (as presented by Steger).

Question : Imagining Society How do so many people come to “imagine” the world in such a way that their own society seems to make perfect sense and other peoples’ societies look exotic, troubling, or downright dangerous?

1/ What do we mean by “religion” and how is it connected to “liberalism”?

2/ What is a “social imaginary” and what does it have to do with “power”?

3/ What is “secularism” and what does it have to do with “the state”?

4/ What is “globalization” and how is it crucial to “modernity”?