Durkheim on Dreher: Predicting the Benedict Option by a Century
Nov 6 · 9 min read
This is an article written for my Sociological Theory course in the semester of Fall 2019, and is being republished for the sake of public access.
Apocalyptic descriptions of the future are a common affectation of public commentators. Some commentators gesture toward the rising climate temperatures as an impending threat to our health and wellbeing. Others see the recent mishandling of international trade as the first step toward an economic recession that will affect us for decades. Moreover, some see the recent shifts in…

