The paradox of liberation : secular revolutions and religious counterrevolutions / Michael Walzer
رقم التسجيلة | 5918 |
نوع المادة | book |
ردمك | 9780300187809 |
رقم الطلب |
JF60.W35 |
شخص | Walzer, Michael |
العنوان | The paradox of liberation : secular revolutions and religious counterrevolutions / Michael Walzer |
بيانات النشر | New Haven: Yale University Press, 2015. |
الوصف المادي | xiv, 172 pages : 22 cm |
ملاحظات |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
المحتويات / النص |
- the paradox of national liberation - the paradox illustrated : zionism vs. judaism - the paradox denid : marxist perspectives - the future of national liberation |
المستخلص |
"Many of the successful campaigns for national liberation in the years following World War II were initially based on democratic and secular ideals. Once established, however, the newly independent nations had to deal with entirely unexpected religious fierceness. Michael Walzer, one of America's foremost political thinkers, examines this perplexing trend by studying India, Israel, and Algeria, three nations whose founding principles and institutions have been sharply attacked by three completely different groups of religious revivalists: Hindu militants, ultra-Orthodox Jews and messianic Zionists, and Islamic radicals. In his provocative, well-reasoned discussion, Walzer asks why these secular democratic movements have failed to sustain their hegemony: Why have they been unable to reproduce their political culture beyond one or two generations? In a postscript, he compares the difficulties of contemporary secularism to the successful establishment of secular politics in the early American republic--thereby making an argument for American exceptionalism but gravely noting that we may be less exceptional today"-- Provided by publisher. |
المواضيع | Democracy - Developing countries - Case studiesPolitical culture - Developing countries - Case studiesSecularism - Developing countries - Case studiesReligious fundamentalism - Developing countries - Case studies |
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505 | |a - the paradox of national liberation - the paradox illustrated : zionism vs. judaism - the paradox denid : marxist perspectives - the future of national liberation |
520 | |a "Many of the successful campaigns for national liberation in the years following World War II were initially based on democratic and secular ideals. Once established, however, the newly independent nations had to deal with entirely unexpected religious fierceness. Michael Walzer, one of America's foremost political thinkers, examines this perplexing trend by studying India, Israel, and Algeria, three nations whose founding principles and institutions have been sharply attacked by three completely different groups of religious revivalists: Hindu militants, ultra-Orthodox Jews and messianic Zionists, and Islamic radicals. In his provocative, well-reasoned discussion, Walzer asks why these secular democratic movements have failed to sustain their hegemony: Why have they been unable to reproduce their political culture beyond one or two generations? In a postscript, he compares the difficulties of contemporary secularism to the successful establishment of secular politics in the early American republic--thereby making an argument for American exceptionalism but gravely noting that we may be less exceptional today"-- Provided by publisher. |
650 | |a Secularism - Developing countries - Case studies |
650 | |a Religious fundamentalism - Developing countries - Case studies |
650 | |a Democracy - Developing countries - Case studies |
650 | |a Political culture - Developing countries - Case studies |
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