Contemporary Democracy And The Sacred
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Contemporary Democracy And The Sacred
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Author : Jon Wittrock
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2018-07-26
Contemporary Democracy And The Sacred written by Jon Wittrock and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-26 with Philosophy categories.
Debates on the impact of religious traditions upon secular politics have raged throughout the last century and continue today. Exposing the ambiguity of secularity in political life, Jon Wittrock investigates the contemporary relevance of the scared beyond established religious communities and within wider civic society. In the context of globalization, characterized by the spread of capitalist commodification and new technologies of transportation and communication, determining the legitimacy of democratic nation-states is particularly urgent. Questioning ontological challenges to democracy, this book confronts the public narratives, symbols and rituals of the political domain. It analyses modern scholarship on the impact of eschatological figures of thought on government and political ideologies, what hopes there are for universal rights or justice, and the “public worship” of contemporary democracies. Bridging the analytical and continental sides of the philosophical divide, this book draws upon conceptual analysis as well as phenomenology and deconstruction. It advocates neither a left- nor a right-wing political approach, but seeks to outline what political secularization could and should mean.
Law And The Sacred
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Author : Lawrence Douglas
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022
Law And The Sacred written by Lawrence Douglas and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with LAW categories.
The specter of the sacred always haunts the law, even in the most resolute of contemporary secular democracies. Indeed, the more one considers the question of the relation between law and the sacred, the more it appears that endless debate over the proper relationship of government to religion is only the most "idian example of a problematic that lies at the heart of law itself. And currently, as some in the United States grapple with the seeming fragility of secular democracy in the face of threatening religious fundamentalisms, the question has gained a particular urgency. This book explores questions about the fundamental role of the sacred in the constitution of law, historically and theoretically. It examines contemporary efforts to separate law from the sacred and asks: How did the division of law and sacred come to be, in what ways, and with what effects? In doing so, it highlights the ambivalent place of the sacred in the self-image of modern states and jurisprudence. For if it is the case that, particularly in the developed West, contemporary law posits a fundamental conceptual divide between sacred and secular, it nevertheless remains true that the assertion of that divide has its own history, one that defines Western modernity itself.
Divine Democracy
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Author : Miguel Vatter
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2020-11
Divine Democracy written by Miguel Vatter and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11 with Law categories.
"The 'return of religion' in the public sphere and the emergence of post-secular societies have propelled the discourse of political theology into the centre of contemporary democratic theory. This situation calls forth the question addressed in this book: Is a democratic political theology possible? Carl Schmitt first developed the idea of the Christian theological foundations of modern legal and political concepts in order to criticize the secular basis of liberal democracy. He employed political theology to argue for the continued legitimacy of the absolute sovereignty of the state against the claims raised by pluralist and globalized civil society. This book shows how, after Schmitt, some of the main political theorists of the 20th century, from Jacques Maritain to Jèurgen Habermas, sought to establish an affirmative connection between Christian political theology, popular sovereignty and the legitimacy of democratic government. In so doing, the political representation of God in the world was no longer placed in the hands of hierarchical and sovereign lieutenants (Church, Empire, Nation), but in a series of democratic institutions, practices and conceptions like direct representation, constitutionalism, universal human rights, and public reason that reject the primacy of sovereignty"--
Education Politics And Religion
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Author : James Arthur
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2010-06-28
Education Politics And Religion written by James Arthur and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-28 with Education categories.
In recent years a number of popular books have savaged religion arguing it is a dangerous delusion that poisons human societies and relationships. This is but the most recent manifestation of a secularising agenda that has been sweeping contemporary democratic societies since the Enlightenment. This book pushes back against that agenda, examining its key assumptions and arguing that the exclusion of religious people and ideas from education and the public square is both undemocratic and unwise. For the most part the book draws arguments and examples from Christianity, the religious tradition of the authors, but it recognises that many religions share the concerns and possibilities examined. The book examines contemporary expressions of the secularising agenda in Western democracies with particular focus on how that is played out in education. It demonstrates how republican theory understood within a faith perspective provides a shared understanding and substantive basis for education within a Western democracy. It explores the historical connections and disconnections between religion and civic life in the West from ancient to contemporary times and examines religiously based civic action and pedagogical approaches contending both have the potential to contribute greatly to democracy. It will be of value to any who are interested in exploring how democracies can include the voices of all their citizens: the religious and the secular.
Politics And The Sacred
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Author : Harald Wydra
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Politics And The Sacred written by Harald Wydra and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Electronic books categories.
"This path-breaking book argues that practices of the sacred are constitutive of modern secular politics. Following a tradition of enquiry in anthropology and political theory, it examines how limit situations shape the political imagination and collective identity. As an experiential and cultural fact, the sacred emerges within, and simultaneously transcends, transgressive dynamics such as revolutions, wars, or globalisation. Rather than conceive the sacred as a religious doctrine or a metaphysical belief, Wydra examines its adaptive functions as origins, truths, and order which are historically contingent across time and transformative of political aspirations. He suggests that the brokenness of political reality is a permanent condition of humanity, which will continue to produce quests for the sacred, and transcendental political frames. This book examines the secular sources of political theologies, the democratic sacred, the communist imagination, European political identity, the sources of human rights, and the relationship of victimhood to new wars"--"This path-breaking book argues that practices of the sacred are constitutive of modern secular politics. Following a tradition of enquiry in anthropology and political theory, it examines how limit situations shape the political imagination and collective identity. As an experiential and cultural fact, the sacred emerges within, and simultaneously transcends, transgressive dynamics such as revolutions, wars, or globalisation"-
Contemporary Democracy And The Sacred
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Author : Jon Wittrock
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2018-07-26
Contemporary Democracy And The Sacred written by Jon Wittrock and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-26 with Philosophy categories.
Debates on the impact of religious traditions upon secular politics have raged throughout the last century and continue today. Exposing the ambiguity of secularity in political life, Jon Wittrock investigates the contemporary relevance of the scared beyond established religious communities and within wider civic society. In the context of globalization, characterized by the spread of capitalist commodification and new technologies of transportation and communication, determining the legitimacy of democratic nation-states is particularly urgent. Questioning ontological challenges to democracy, this book confronts the public narratives, symbols and rituals of the political domain. It analyses modern scholarship on the impact of eschatological figures of thought on government and political ideologies, what hopes there are for universal rights or justice, and the “public worship” of contemporary democracies. Bridging the analytical and continental sides of the philosophical divide, this book draws upon conceptual analysis as well as phenomenology and deconstruction. It advocates neither a left- nor a right-wing political approach, but seeks to outline what political secularization could and should mean.
Christian Faith And Modern Democracy
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Author : Robert P. Kraynak
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Christian Faith And Modern Democracy written by Robert P. Kraynak and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Political Science categories.
This work challenges the commonly accepted view that Christianity is inherently compatible with modern democratic society. Contrary to conventional wisdom, it argues that there is no necessary connection between Christianity and any form of government.
The Secular And The Sacred
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Author : William Safran
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2003
The Secular And The Sacred written by William Safran and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Political Science categories.
What is the place of religion in modern political systems? This volume addresses that question by focusing on ten countries across several geographic areas: Western and East-Central Europe, North America, the Middle East and South Asia. These countries are comparable in the sense that they are committed to constitutional rule, have embraced a more or less secular culture, and have formal guarantees of freedom of religion. Yet in all the cases examined here religion impinges on the political system in the form of legal establishment, semi-legitimation, subvention, and/or selective institutional arrangements and its role is reflected in cultural norms, electoral behaviour and public policies. The relationship between religion and politics comes in many varieties in differing countries, yet all are faced with three major challenges: modernity, democracy and the increasingly multi-ethnic and multi-religious nature of their societies.
Holy War For True Democracy
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Author : Jon Ferraiolo
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-05-27
Holy War For True Democracy written by Jon Ferraiolo and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-27 with categories.
Holy War for True Democracy provides an inspirational vision for incremental reinvention of modern democracy. The book provides a blueprint for how to mobilize the passions of citizens and how to use modern technology to help democracy deliver on the promise of the people, by the people and for the people. The author takes a step back to examine the past and present of constitutional democracy, highlighting the shortcomings of and threats to true self-government in today's world, such as misinformation posing as fact, nationalism, increased partisanship, decreased confidence in democratic institutions and greater government surveillance, all of which makes us vulnerable to a Big Brother-like police state. The author proposes a global nonprofit, Democracy Guardians, a nonpartisan organization that would channel and focus the passions of people who share a vision for self-government. The organization would strengthen democratic institutions, and thereby promote governments that serve the people, not the other way around. The first major initiative would be a next-generation, crowd-sourced Internet service that evaluates the trustworthiness of people and organizations, thereby pressuring politicians, media and all public figures to be more honest for fear of being rated by public consensus as an untrustworthy source of information on government and politics.
Politics And The Sacred
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Author : Harald Wydra
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2015-04-30
Politics And The Sacred written by Harald Wydra and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-30 with Philosophy categories.
Argues that practices of the sacred have shaped the frames of modern secular politics.