Liberal neutrality
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Liberal neutrality
Routledge, 1989
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"The essays result from deliberations of the Liberal Political Theory Specialist Group of the Political Studies Association of the United Kingdom"--Acknow
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Is the liberal state neutral? Can it be? Should it be? These are key questions for the twenty first century. These leading authors focus on the implications of neutrality for particular social and political institutions. This book is of interest to students and lecturers of political theory and philosophy.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Deus ex Machina
Chapter One: Religious Geopolitics
1.1 Defining the Problem: The Misconception of the "End of History"
1.2 Research Objectives
1.3 Chapter Review
Chapter Two: A Kaleidoscopic Dialectical Methodology
2.1 Towards a new Methodology of Examining the Global South
2.2 Re-Identifying Religious Fundamentalism in the Context of Globalization, Hybridity and Modernity
Chapter Three: Globalization, Hybridity and Religion
3.1 Religion Throughout the Ages: A History of Globalization and Hybridity
3.2 Religion as Globalization
3.3 Religion at the Dawn of Urbanism
Chapter Four: Modernity and Religion
4.1 Religion and `Modernity' in Antiquity
4.2 Secularization: A Strictly European Phenomenon
4.3 Modernity as Social Autonomy
4.4 Multiple Modernities
Chapter Five: Theories of Religion
5.1 Religious Systems: Communication with the Sacred
5.2 Religious Conflict and Politics of Identity
5.3 Religion and Ideology: The Ideological Power of Networks
5.4 Aspects of Contemporary Religious Communication
Chapter Six: Religious Fundamentalism: A Hybrid Construct of Modernity and Tradition
6.1 Towards a Definition of Religious Fundamentalism
6.2 Communication and Media Propaganda
6.3 Religious Intolerance and Violence
6.4 Apocalyptic Religions and Cosmic War
Chapter Seven: Conclusion: Postcolonialism and its Discontents
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