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Religion in International Relations: The Return from Exile

By Pavlos Hatzopoulos , Fabio Petito (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan US
Year
2003
ISBN
978-1-4039-6207-2, 978-1-4039-8236-0
DOI
10.1057/9781403982360
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1671751 bytes)
Series
Culture and Religion in International Relations
Edition
1
Pages
296\293
Time added
2016-03-14 21:35:01
Social Aspects of Religion; International Relation

Description

Are the secular foundations of international relations sustainable at present? This comprehensive study shows how the global resurgence of religion confronts international relations theory with a theoretical challenge comparable to that raised by the end of the Cold War or the emergence of globalization. The volume tries to shake the secular foundational myths of the discipline and outline the need for an expansion into religiously inspired spheres of thought. It also challenges the most condemning accusation against religion: the view that the politicization of religion is always a threat to security and inimical to the resolution of conflict. Finally, the task of demystifying religion is taken further with an argument for a stronger and "progressive" political engagement of the worldwide religious traditions in the contemporary globalized era.

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