The Disclosure of Politics: Struggles Over the Semantics of Secularization - Couverture rigide

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Lara, Maria

 
9780231162807: The Disclosure of Politics: Struggles Over the Semantics of Secularization
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0231162804 ISBN 13 : 9780231162807
Editeur : Columbia University Press, 2013

Synopsis

Postmodern political critiques speak of the death of ideology, the end of history, and the postsecular return of religious attitudes, yet radical conservative theorists such as Mark Lilla argue religion and politics are inextricably intertwined. Returning much-needed uncertainty to debates over the political while revitalizing the very terms in which they are defined, María Pía Lara explores the ambiguity of secularization and the theoretical potential of a structural break between politics and religion.

For Lara, secularization means three things: the translation of religious semantics into politics; a transformation of religious notions into political ideas; and the reoccupation of a space left void by changing political actors that gives rise to new conceptions of political interaction. Conceptual innovation redefines politics as a horizontal relationship between governments and the governed and better enables societies (and individual political actors) to articulate meaning through action--that is, through the emergence of new concepts. These actions, Lara proves, radically transform our understanding of politics and the role of political agents and are further enhanced by challenging the structural dependence of politics on religious phenomena.

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À propos de l?auteur

María Pía Lara teaches moral and political philosophy at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana in Mexico City. She is a renowned and influential public intellectual and has published many articles on the subjects of critical theory, moral philosophy, and politics. She is also the author of Narrating Evil: A Postmetaphysical Theory of Reflective Judgment and Moral Textures and the editor of Rethinking Evil.

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Éditeur
Columbia University Press
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0231162804
ISBN 13 
9780231162807
Reliure
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Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
256
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