Nation and Religion Perspectives on Europe and Asia

Nation and Religion Perspectives on Europe and Asia

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Does modernity make religion politically irrelevant? Conventional scholarly and popular wisdom says that it does. The prevailing view assumes that the onset of western modernity--characterized by the rise of nationalism, the dominance of capitalism, and the emergence of powerful state institutions--...

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Weitere Verfasser: Anderson, Benedict (MitwirkendeR), Asad, Talal (MitwirkendeR), Bayly, Susan (MitwirkendeR), Chatterjee, Partha (MitwirkendeR), Groot, Frans (MitwirkendeR), Harootunian, Harry (MitwirkendeR), Lehmann, Hartmut (MitwirkendeR, HerausgeberIn), McLeod, Hugh (MitwirkendeR), Metcalf, Barbara (MitwirkendeR), Rooden, Peter (MitwirkendeR), Veer, Peter (MitwirkendeR), van der Veer, Peter (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Princeton, NJ Princeton University Press [2021]
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RELIGION / Hinduism / General
Nationalism > Religious aspects > Comparative studies
Religion and state > Comparativ studies
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Zusammenfassung:Does modernity make religion politically irrelevant? Conventional scholarly and popular wisdom says that it does. The prevailing view assumes that the onset of western modernity--characterized by the rise of nationalism, the dominance of capitalism, and the emergence of powerful state institutions--favors secularism and relegates religion to the purely private realm. This collection of essays on nationalism and religion in Europe and Asia challenges that view. Contributors show that religion and politics are mixed together in complex and vitally important ways not just in the East, but in the West as well. The book focuses on four societies: India, Japan, Britain, and the Netherlands. It shows that religion and nationalism in these societies combined to produce such notions as the nation being chosen for a historical task (imperialism, for example), the possibility of national revival, and political leadership as a form of salvation. The volume also examines the qualities of religious discourse and practice that can be used for nationalist purposes, paying special attention to how religion can help to give meaning to sacrifice in national struggle. The book's comparative approach underscores that developments in colonizing and colonized countries, too often considered separately, are subtly interrelated. In addition to the editors, the contributors are Benedict R. Anderson, Talal Asad, Susan Bayly, Partha Chatterjee, Frans Groot, Harry Harootunian, Hugh McLeod, Barbara Metcalf, and Peter van Rooden
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Feb 2021)
Beschreibung:1 online resource (208 pages) 1 map
ISBN:9780691219578
DOI:10.1515/9780691219578

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