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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461245403321

Titolo

Rethinking secularism [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Craig Calhoun, Mark Juergensmeyer, Jonathan VanAntwerpen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2011

ISBN

1-283-23228-6

9786613232281

0-19-979674-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (322 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CalhounCraig J. <1952->

JuergensmeyerMark

VanAntwerpenJonathan <1970->

Disciplina

211/.6

Soggetti

Secularism

Religion and politics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; 1. Western Secularity; 2. The Secular, Secularizations, Secularisms; 3. Secularism, Citizenship, and the Public Sphere; 4. Rehabilitating Secularism; 5. The Multiple Secularisms of Modern Democratic and Non-Democratic Regimes; 6. Civilizational States, Secularisms, and Religions; 7. A Suspension of (Dis)Belief: The Secular-Religious Binary and the Study of International Relations; 8. Rethinking the Secular and Religious Aspects of Violence; 9. Religious Humanitarianism and the Global Politics of Secularism

10. Rethinking Fundamentalism in a Secular Age11. Secularism, Religious Change, and Social Conflict in Asia; 12. Smash Temples, Burn Books: Comparing Secularist Projects in India and China; 13. Freedom of Speech and Religious Limitations; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

This collection of essays presents groundbreaking work from an interdisciplinary group of leading theorists and scholars representing the fields of history, philosophy, political science, sociology, and anthropology. The volume will introduce readers to some of the most



compelling new conceptual and theoretical understandings of secularism and the secular, while also examining socio-political trends involving the relationship between the religious and the secular from a variety of locations across the globe. In recent decades, the public has become increasingly aware of the important role reli