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Sociological Analysis: Growth of Cults & Godmen

1️⃣ Impact of Social Change

• Durkheim’s Anomie: Rapid social change destabilizes traditional norms, creating normlessness.
• Outcome: Individuals seek new communities and meanings, finding them in cults and godmen.

2️⃣ Alienation in Urban Society

• Urbanization → Loss of Support Systems: Breakdown of joint families, caste networks, and community ties.
• Insight (Pavan K Verma): Middle-class alienation makes cults and godmen attractive as sources of solace and community.

3️⃣ Cults vs. Traditional Religion (Olridge)

• Immediate vs. Deferred Rewards:
  • Cults offer immediate relief in this life.
  • Traditional religion focuses on salvation in the afterlife.
• Practical Solutions:
  • Cults address mundane, everyday problems.
  • Religion emphasizes spiritual matters and rituals.

4️⃣ Cultural Assimilation

• Hybrid Appeal: Merging Western materialism with Eastern spirituality (e.g., Transcendental Meditation, Hare Krishna).
• Reference: Rajeev Dubey.
• Result: Broader global appeal and acceptability.