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<p>In <a href="Social_theory" title="Social theory">social theory</a>, <b>detraditionalization</b> refers to the erosion of <a href="Tradition" title="Tradition">tradition</a> in religion (<a href="Secularization" title="Secularization">secularization</a>, <a href="Agnosticism" title="Agnosticism">agnosticism</a>, <a href="Religious_disaffiliation" title="Religious disaffiliation">religious disaffiliation</a>) and society in <a href="Postmodernism" title="Postmodernism">postmodernism</a>.
</p><p>Subscribing individuals in <a href="Traditional_society" title="Traditional society">traditional societies</a> believe in established, timeless, authoritative orders and <a href="Value_(personal_and_cultural)" class="mw-redirect" title="Value (personal and cultural)">values</a>, above the <a href="Individual" title="Individual">individual</a>, and timeless attainable goals. Such beliefs may manifest as specific behavior.
</p><p>Factors that contribute to <i>loss of tradition</i> are endorsement of individual <a href="Choice" title="Choice">choice</a> and responsibility or the "sacred" (in <a href="%C3%89mile_Durkheim" title="Émile Durkheim">Émile Durkheim</a>'s sense of the term) individual itself in <a href="Democracy" title="Democracy">democratic</a> societies, and the revolution in <a href="Information_and_communications_technology" title="Information and communications technology">communications</a>. Among the theorists who believe that society is <a href="Social_change" title="Social change">moving</a> from a modernity that has been largely traditional to a post-traditional time is <a href="Anthony_Giddens%2C_Baron_Giddens" class="mw-redirect" title="Anthony Giddens, Baron Giddens">Anthony Giddens, Baron Giddens</a>.
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<ul><li><a href="Personal_development" title="Personal development">Personal development</a></li>
<li><a href="Economic_freedom" title="Economic freedom">Economic freedom</a>, <a href="Individualism_and_Economic_Order" title="Individualism and Economic Order">Individualism and Economic Order</a></li>
<li><a href="Solipsism" title="Solipsism">solipsism</a>, <a href="Egocentrism" title="Egocentrism">egocentrism</a></li>
<li><a href="Fin_de_si%C3%A8cle" title="Fin de siècle">Fin de siècle</a>, <a href="Social_degeneration" title="Social degeneration">Degeneration</a></li>
<li><a href="Freedom_of_choice" title="Freedom of choice">freedom of choice</a></li>
<li><a href="Judaism" title="Judaism">Judaism</a></li></ul>
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</style><cite id="CITEREFPaul_HeelasScott_LashPaul_Morris1995" class="citation book cs1"><a href="Paul_Heelas" title="Paul Heelas">Paul Heelas</a>; <a href="Scott_Lash" title="Scott Lash">Scott Lash</a>; <a href="Paul_Morris_(religious_studies_professor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Paul Morris (religious studies professor)">Paul Morris</a>, eds. (1995). <i>Detraditionalization</i>. Wiley-Blackwell. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-1-55786-554-0</bdi>.</cite> Contributors include <a href="Mark_Poster" title="Mark Poster">Mark Poster</a>, <a href="Richard_Sennett" title="Richard Sennett">Richard Sennett</a>, <a href="Ulrich_Beck" title="Ulrich Beck">Ulrich Beck</a>, <a href="Margaret_Archer" title="Margaret Archer">Margaret Archer</a>, <a href="Mary_Douglas" title="Mary Douglas">Mary Douglas</a> and <a href="Thomas_Luckmann" title="Thomas Luckmann">Thomas Luckmann</a>.</li>
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