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en-wikipedia-org-5415		Desacralization of knowledge - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	3669	524	58	He defines secularism as 'everything whose origin is merely human and therefore non-divine and whose metaphysical basis lies in this ontological hiatus between man and God'.[5] Secularism, Nasr argues, is an evil force that has caused science and knowledge to become desacralized. On the contrary, Shu-hsien argues, there is an overwhelming necessity for desacralization of knowledge within the domain of empirical science for the reason that the quest of certainty is no longer a viable objective.[40] For David Harvey, the Enlightenment thought sought demystification and desacralization of knowledge and social organization in order to free human beings from their bonds.[41] Svend Brinkmann independently argues on the need for desacralization of knowledge stating that 'if knowing is a human activity, it is always already situated somewhere – in some cultural, historical and social situation'.[42] David Burrell argues on the other hand that, in a world that is explicitly postmodern, scholars are more at ease with Nasr's criticism of 'Enlightenment philosophical paradigm' than ever before.	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-5415.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-5415.txt