The Politics of Postsecular Religion Mourning Secular Futures
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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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New York
Columbia University Press
2008
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| Schriftenreihe: | Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture
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| Online-Zugang: | DE-1043 DE-1046 DE-858 DE-Aug4 DE-859 DE-860 DE-473 DE-739 Volltext |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based upon print version of record Ananda Abeysekara contends that democracy, along with its cherished secular norms, is founded on the idea of a promise deferred to the future. Rooted in democracy's messianic promise is the belief that religious& mdash;political identity-such as Buddhist, Hindu, Sinhalese, Christian, Muslim, or Tamil& mdash;can be critiqued, neutralized, improved, and changed, even while remaining inseparable from the genocide of the past. This facile belief, he argues, is precisely what distracts us from challenging the violence inherent in postcolonial political sovereignty. At the same time, we cannot simpl |
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| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (343 p) |
| ISBN: | 9780231512671 |