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

• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (322 p.)
• Disciplina: 211/.6
• Soggetto topico: Secularism; Religion and politics
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: CalhounCraig J. <1952-> JuergensmeyerMark VanAntwerpenJonathan <1970->
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Rethinking secularism
• ISBN: 1-283-23228-6; 9786613232281; 0-19-979674-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461245403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II