The Relationship between modern politics and religious transcendence

2021 ◽  
Vol 137 ◽  
pp. 195-222
Author(s):  
Sungjun Yeum
Keyword(s):  
Modern Politics ◽  
The Relationship

Religion, Nationalism, and the Politics of Secularism

2015 ◽  
pp. 99-123
Author(s):  
Scott Hibbard
Keyword(s):  
Public Life ◽  
Proper Role ◽  
Modern Politics ◽  
Religion And Nationalism ◽  
Exclusive Or ◽  
Role Of Religion ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Religion In Public Life ◽  
Point Of Departure

This chapter examines the relationship between religion, nationalism, and the state and advocates a truly neutral conception of secularism. The point of departure is an analysis of the recurring debate over the proper role of religion in public life. Particular attention is given to the relationship between religion and nationalism, the secularization thesis, and the reasons religion remains an important part of modern politics. The chapter then turns toward the “politics of secularism,” and the tension between liberal (or ecumenical) secularism in theory and its practice. At issue is whether the secular tradition is invariably exclusive, or whether secularism as implemented has simply failed to live up to its ecumenical promise. The closing section examines this question in light of the justpeace tradition, and offers an endorsement for a re-conceptualized vision of secularism that is genuinely defined by neutrality in matters of religion and belief.

Politik und Angst

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (190) ◽  
pp. 73-90
Author(s):  
Brigitte Bargetz
Keyword(s):  
State Sovereignty ◽  
Present Moment ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Modern Politics ◽  
Politics Of Fear ◽  
The Relationship

What are the contemporary conditions of Western modern democracies that make a politics of fear so successful at this present moment? In this article, the author analyzes the relationship between politics and fear in order to move beyond a simple instrumentalization thesis. Focusing on two perspectives: the view of state sovereignty and the phenomenon of neurosis, the author argues that the contemporary Western modern politics of fear can be understood as an expression of a crisis of state sovereignty, which becomes apparent in the nation state as well as in a new mode of political subjectivation. It is a ghostly sovereignty that finds both a form and an addressee in a neurotic subject.

scholarly journals GENDER IN THE HISTORY OF EARLY MODERN POLITICAL THOUGHT

2017 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 843-863 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANNA BECKER
Keyword(s):  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
Early Modern ◽  
Political Thought ◽  
The Political ◽  
History Of Political Thought ◽  
The Public ◽  
Modern Politics ◽  
History Of ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractIn the history of early modern political thought, gender is not well established as a subject. It seems that early modern politics and its philosophical underpinnings are characterized by an exclusion of women from the political sphere. This article shows that it is indeed possible to write a gendered history of early modern political thought that transcends questions of the structural exclusion of women from political participation. Through a nuanced reading of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century commentaries on Aristotle's practical philosophy, it deconstructs notions on the public/political and private/apolitical divide and reconstructs that early modern thinkers saw the relationship of husband and wife as deeply political. The article argues that it is both necessary and possible to write gender in and into the history of political thought in a historically sound and firmly contextual way that avoids anachronisms, and it shows – as Joan Scott has suggested – that gender is indeed a ‘useful category’ in the history of political thought.

Prologue

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Loubna El Amine
Keyword(s):  
Political Thought ◽  
Moral Values ◽  
Political Community ◽  
The Political ◽  
Ethical Values ◽  
Modern Politics ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Masses ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Confucian Moral

This prologue discusses Classical Confucian political thought—its conception of government, of the relationship between ruler and ruled, of the methods of ruling, and of the obligations of individuals toward the political community. Recent attempts to rethink Confucianism have centered on recasting core Confucian ethical values into a more democratic political vision. The tendency to favor a set of core Confucian moral values can be understood as a reaction to the critique of Confucianism by modernization enthusiasts, both Chinese and Western. Chinese communists attacked Confucianism for its patriarchal conception of the family, its hierarchical leanings, and its promotion of hypocrisy on the part of the ruler toward the masses. To counter these charges, it was felt necessary to elicit the best in Confucianism, and build upon it a modern politics.

Encountering Chiefs in (a Search for) the State

1969 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 200-212
Author(s):  
Alexis Tucker Sade
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Islands ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
The State ◽  
Pacific Island ◽  
Liberal Democratic ◽  
Modern Politics ◽  
Governance Systems ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Customary Practices

Since Pacific islands began achieving independence in the 1960s, the fate of traditional politics amid the adoption of Western governance systems and global economic integration has attracted anthropological attention. Four decades on, while some version of Western liberal democratic statehood is commonplace, customary institutions and ideologies remain salient in the fabric of many Pacific island societies. Rather than spelling their demise, introducing foreign political orders has, in places, brought about a revival and reimagining of traditions in reaction to the experiences of decolonisation and global politico-economic incorporation. In Solomon Islands, at independence, the constitution acknowledged the importance of customary practices and leadership in shaping the country’s path forward. However, there has been minimal formalisation within modern politics, prompting the question: What is the relationship between chiefs and the state in Solomon Islands? Chiefs, more often, are seen as guardians of custom, concerned with matters outside the realm of modern statehood or, in some cases, in opposition to it. This characterisation, however, hinges on particular conceptualisations of the state, thereby excluding other interpretations of modern political organisation including the roles that traditional political forms play in constituting relations referred to as the state.

scholarly journals Between faith and scepticism: Nicholas Rengger’s reflections on the ‘hybridity’ of modernity

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 627-633
Author(s):  
Vassilios Paipais
Keyword(s):  
Brief Assessment ◽  
Modern Politics ◽  
Theological Critique ◽  
The Relationship

In this essay, I offer a brief assessment of Nicholas Rengger’s engagement with arguments arising from the theological critique of modern politics and of his take on the relationship between faith and philosophy in modernity. Rengger’s scepticism, a peculiar mix of naturalism and philosophical idealism, combining insights from Oakeshott, Santayana and Augustine, did not cordon off faith but sought to work out its tensive relationship with practical forms of reasoning in modernity, a condition he described as a ‘hybrid’. Rengger’s critique of the hybridity of modernity rests on assumptions that expose some of the unresolved tensions of his anti-Pelagian scepticism.

The Modernity of Tradition: The Democratic Incarnation of Caste in India

1965 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 975-989 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lloyd I. Rudolph
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Critical Discussion ◽  
Traditional Society ◽  
Simple Addition ◽  
Political Analysis ◽  
Modern Politics ◽  
Nineteenth Century France ◽  
Mode Of Life ◽  
The Relationship

Marx's century-old socio-political analysis of peasant nations and of India's traditional village and caste society, because it captures so much of contemporary social and political analysis, provides a convenient framework for critical discussion and evaluation of the relationship between traditional society and modern politics in India. Peasant nations such as mid-nineteenth century France, Marx observed in the The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon, are formed “by simple addition of homologous magnitudes, much as potatoes in a sack form a sackful of potatoes.” Objectively, peasants form a class; the mode of life, interests and culture which flow from their productive circumstances separate peasants from other classes and place their class in opposition to other classes. But subjectively and practically, peasants form a vast mass, “the members of which live in similar conditions, but without entering into manifold relations with one another.”

Tocqueville and Gobineau on the Nature of Modern Politics

2005 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 631-657 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aristide Tessitore
Keyword(s):  
Frame Of Reference ◽  
Democratic Politics ◽  
Alexis De Tocqueville ◽  
Liberal Democratic ◽  
Modern Politics ◽  
Political Problem ◽  
The Relationship

This essay takes its bearings from an epistolary dialogue between Arthur de Gobineau and Alexis de Tocqueville about the contours of modern politics. Their dispute illuminates in a remarkable way the theological-political problem that suffuses the emergence of modern politics and, as a consequence, provides a helpful frame of reference for understanding several contemporary controversies bearing on the relationship between religion and liberal democratic politics. Moreover, their correspondence casts new light on the underpinnings of Tocqueville's thought. The frankness of this exchange together with the relentless character of Gobineau's arguments, provoke in Tocqueville an articulation of the larger context within which he understands modern politics and, in so doing, reveals an important, though largely neglected, intellectual framework that informs much of his published work.

Interstellar gas in the central region of the Galaxy

1967 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 239-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. J. Kerr
Keyword(s):  
Central Region ◽  
Galactic Plane ◽  
Neutral Hydrogen ◽  
Continuum Emission ◽  
Galactic Centre ◽  
Interstellar Gas ◽  
Hydrogen Recombination ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Centre Region ◽  
The Relationship

A review is given of information on the galactic-centre region obtained from recent observations of the 21-cm line from neutral hydrogen, the 18-cm group of OH lines, a hydrogen recombination line at 6 cm wavelength, and the continuum emission from ionized hydrogen.Both inward and outward motions are important in this region, in addition to rotation. Several types of observation indicate the presence of material in features inclined to the galactic plane. The relationship between the H and OH concentrations is not yet clear, but a rough picture of the central region can be proposed.

The relationship of the scleractinian corals to the rugose corals

Paleobiology ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 6 (02) ◽  
pp. 146-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
William A. Oliver
Keyword(s):  
Critical Points ◽  
Scleractinian Corals ◽  
Convincing Evidence ◽  
Early Triassic ◽  
Rugose Corals ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Biologic Factors

The Mesozoic-Cenozoic coral Order Scleractinia has been suggested to have originated or evolved (1) by direct descent from the Paleozoic Order Rugosa or (2) by the development of a skeleton in members of one of the anemone groups that probably have existed throughout Phanerozoic time. In spite of much work on the subject, advocates of the direct descent hypothesis have failed to find convincing evidence of this relationship. Critical points are:(1) Rugosan septal insertion is serial; Scleractinian insertion is cyclic; no intermediate stages have been demonstrated. Apparent intermediates are Scleractinia having bilateral cyclic insertion or teratological Rugosa.(2) There is convincing evidence that the skeletons of many Rugosa were calcitic and none are known to be or to have been aragonitic. In contrast, the skeletons of all living Scleractinia are aragonitic and there is evidence that fossil Scleractinia were aragonitic also. The mineralogic difference is almost certainly due to intrinsic biologic factors.(3) No early Triassic corals of either group are known. This fact is not compelling (by itself) but is important in connection with points 1 and 2, because, given direct descent, both changes took place during this only stage in the history of the two groups in which there are no known corals.

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