Religion and politics in international relations : the modern myth /
Scholars in International Relations concerned with religion and its relations to world politics are rhetorically constructing a powerful modern myth. A component of this myth is that religion is inherently violent and irrational unless controlled by the secular state, which is inherently rational an...
| Основен автор: | Fitzgerald, Timothy, 1947- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New York :
Continuum,
℗♭2011.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=403690 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Religion and politics in international relations. |
| Резюме: |
Scholars in International Relations concerned with religion and its relations to world politics are rhetorically constructing a powerful modern myth. A component of this myth is that religion is inherently violent and irrational unless controlled by the secular state, which is inherently rational and only reluctantly violent. Timothy Fitzgerald discusses how, in this modern myth, religion appears as a force of nature which either assists or threatens the sacred secular order of things, and how religion is portrayed as a kind of universal essence which takes many forms, its recent most dangerous manifestation being Islamic terrorism This book illustrates that the essential distinction between irrational religion and rational secular politics appears as an unquestioned preconception on the basis of which policy is conducted, countries invaded and wars fought. Arguing that this rhetorical construction of religion provides the foundation for faith in the rationality of modern liberal capitalism, Fitzgerald demonstrates how a historically contingent discourse has been transformed into a powerful set of global assumptions. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (x, 284 pages) |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781441195357 1441195351 9780826426925 0826426921 9781441142900 1441142908 1283322110 9781283322119 |