Why Politics Can't Be Freed from Religion - Couverture souple

Strenski, Ivan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1405176482 ISBN 13 : 9781405176484

Editeur : Blackwell Pub, 2010

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

Religion. Power. Politics. Ideas and institutions that have been laden with a baggage of meanings picked up through the course of history and which, unfairly or not, are often defined by these historic and social contexts. In this thought–provoking book, Ivan Strenski unpacks the central concepts and influences of religion, politics, and power, and provides a new theoretical framework to think about what they mean in today s society. In addition to offering radical critiques of the religious and political perspectives of thinkers such as Talal Asad and Michel Foucault, Strenski moves beyond the theory in applying his intellectual framework to a variety of real–world issues, including insights into suicide bombers in the Middle East.

Erudite and engaging, Why Politics Can′t be Freed From Religion provides a timely and highly original contribution to our understanding of these concepts. It tries to dislodge readers from conventional thinking about politics and religion, and in doing so, helps make sense of the complexities of our twenty–first–century world.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Why Politics Can′t be Freed From Religion is an original, erudite, and timely new book from Ivan Strenski. Itinterrogates the central ideas and contexts behind religion, politics, and power, proposing an alternative way in which we should think about these issues in the twenty–first century.

• A timely and highly original contribution to debates about religion, politics and power and how historic and social influences have prejudiced our understanding of these concepts
• Proposes a new theoretical framework to think about what these ideas and institutions mean in today&′s society
• Applies this new perspective to a variety of real–world issues, including insights into suicide bombers in the Middle East
• Includes radical critiques of the religious and political perspectives of thinkers such as Talal Asad and Michel Foucault
• Dislodges our conventional thinking about politics and religion, and in doing so, helps make sense of the complexities of our twenty–first century world

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Blackwell Pub
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1405176482
• ISBN 13: 9781405176484
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 204