New Cold War?

Religious Nationalism Confronts the Secular State

AvMark Juergensmeyer

Häftad, Engelska, 1993

Del 5 i serien Comparative Studies in Religion and Society

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Beskrivning

Will the religious confrontations with secular authorities around the world lead to a new Cold War? Mark Juergensmeyer paints a provocative picture of the new religious revolutionaries altering the political landscape in the Middle East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Eastern Europe. Impassioned Muslim leaders in Egypt, Palestine, and Algeria, political rabbis in Israel, militant Sikhs in India, and triumphant Catholic clergy in Eastern Europe are all players in Juergensmeyer's study of the explosive growth of religious movements that decisively reject Western ideas of secular nationalism. Juergensmeyer revises our notions of religious revolutions. Instead of viewing religious nationalists as wild-eyed, anti-American fanatics, he reveals them as modern activists pursuing a legitimate form of politics. He explores the positive role religion can play in the political life of modern nations, even while acknowledging some religious nationalists' proclivity to violence and disregard of Western notions of human rights. Finally, he situates the growth of religious nationalism in the context of the political malaise of the modern West.Noting that the synthesis of traditional religion and secular nationalism yields a religious version of the modern nation-state, Juergensmeyer claims that such a political entity could conceivably embrace democratic values and human rights.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1993-05-10
Mått:152 x 229 x 18 mm
Vikt:408 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Comparative Studies in Religion and Society
Antal sidor:292
Förlag:University of California Press
ISBN:9780520086517

Utforska kategorier

Nationalism inom Samhälle och politik
Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Mark Juergensmeyer is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the editor of Violence and the Sacred in the Modern World (1992) and the author of Radhasoami Reality: The Logic of a Modern Faith (1991) among other books.

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgmentsPreface to the Paperback EditionIntroduction: The Rise of Religious NationalismPart One: Religion vs. Secular Nationalism1. The Loss of Faith in Secular NationalismFaith in Secular NationalismThe Religious Rejection of Secular Nationalism2. Competing Ideologies of OrderSecular Nationalism in the WestThe Competition between Two IdeologiesHow Secular Nationalism Failed to Accommodate ReligionCan Religion Accommodate the Nation-State?Part Two: The Global Confrontations3· Models of Religious Revolution: The Middle East 45The Ingredients of a Religious Revolt 45Iran: The Paradigmatic Religious Revolution 50Egypt's Incipient Religious Revolt 57Religious Revolt in a Jewish State 62The Islamic Intifada: A Revolt within the Palestinian Revolution 6g4· Political Targets of Religion: South Asia 78Militant Hindu NationalismThe Sikh War against Both Secular and Hindu NationalismSri Lanka's Unfinished Religious Revolt5· Religious Ambivalence toward Socialist Nationalism:Formerly Marxist StatesReligious Revival in MongoliaIslamic Nationalism in Central AsiaThe Religious Rejection of Socialism in Eastern EuropeThe Ambivalent Relationship of Religion and SocialismPatterns of Religious RevoltPart Three: The Problems Ahead6. Why Religious Confrontations Are ViolentThe Rhetoric of Cosmic WarWhen Cosmic War Becomes RealReligious Sanction for the Use of ViolenceEmpowering Marginal Peoples7· Democracy, Human Rights, and the ModernReligious StateTheocracy or Democracy?The Protection of Minority RightsThe Protection of Individual RightsModernity and the Religious StateConclusion: Can We Live with Religious Nationalism?NotesBibliographyList of InterviewsIndex