LEADER 03688nam 22006371 450 001 9910972777103321 005 20121024145732.0 010 $a9786613322111 010 $a9781472549228 010 $a1472549228 010 $a9781283322119 010 $a1283322110 010 $a9781441195357 010 $a1441195351 024 7 $a10.5040/9781472549228 035 $a(CKB)2550000000061974 035 $a(EBL)797515 035 $a(OCoLC)767829151 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC797515 035 $a(OCoLC)761291358 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09255449 035 $a(UtOrBLW)BP9781472549228BC 035 $a(Perlego)806839 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000061974 100 $a20140929d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aReligion and politics in international relations $ethe modern myth /$fTimothy Fitzgerald 210 1$aNew York :$cContinuum,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (295 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780826426925 311 08$a0826426921 311 08$a9781441142900 311 08$a1441142908 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [269]-279) and index. 327 $a1. Preface -- 2. Summary of the contents of the chapters -- 3. Why Focus on International Relations -- 4. Contextualizing the problem in the author's research background -- 5. Summary of the Argument -- 6. Christopher Hitchens and How Religion Poisons Everything -- 7. Eli Berman, Religious Terrorism and the Innocent Economist -- 8. International Relations and Religion's Return from Exile -- 9. Scott M. Thomas, Religion Resurging and International Relations -- 10. Elizabeth Shakman Hurd: the Politics of Secularism in International Relations -- 11. Some further theoretical implications -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $a"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"--Bloomsbury Publishing. 606 $aIdeology$xReligious aspects 606 $aReligion and international relations 606 $aReligion and politics 606 $2Religion & politics 615 0$aIdeology$xReligious aspects. 615 0$aReligion and international relations. 615 0$aReligion and politics. 676 $a201/.727 700 $aFitzgerald$b Timothy$f1947-$01866903 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910972777103321 996 $aReligion and politics in international relations$94474379 997 $aUNINA