02329nam 2200565Ia 450 991077855150332120230124183025.01-282-40188-2978661240188690-485-0815-0(CKB)1000000000806510(EBL)474294(OCoLC)547432229(SSID)ssj0000336214(PQKBManifestationID)11245447(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000336214(PQKBWorkID)10279147(PQKB)10003002(MiAaPQ)EBC474294(Au-PeEL)EBL474294(CaPaEBR)ebr10346682(CaONFJC)MIL240188(EXLCZ)99100000000080651020091218d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrCool passion[electronic resource] the political theology of conviction: inaugural lecture delivered upon the installation as Professor of Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam on Friday 25 May 2007 /by Thomas Blom HansenAmsterdam Amsterdam University Pressc20091 online resource (33 p.)Description based upon print version of record.90-5629-550-0 Includes bibliographical references.The category of belief has been severely criticized in the last decades but ideas of having principles based on interior reflections and conscience are as strong as ever across the world. This indicates that the modern idea of conviction - religious or secular - should be understood as a way of relating to the world that has a genealogy of its won that is not identical to religious belief. Modern convictions are based on two forms of ethics: firstly an individualized ethics of sincerity that emerged from the 17th century onwards as an ideal of honest and consistent public conduct.Political theologyPolitical sciencePolitical theology.Political science.230301Hansen Thomas Blom1958-276734MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778551503321Cool passion3767215UNINA