The Politics of Postsecular Religion: Mourning Secular Futures
(Part of the Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture Series)
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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--political identity-such as Buddhist, Hindu, Sinhalese, Christian, Muslim, or Tamil--can be critiqued, neutralized, improved, and changed, even while remaining inseparable from the genocide of the past. This facile belief, he argues, is...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0231142900
ISBN13:9780231142908
Release Date:May 2008
Publisher:Columbia University Press
Length:324 Pages
Weight:1.25 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"
Age Range:22 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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