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Towards a Postsecular International Politics

Mavelli, Luca and Petito, Fabio (2014) Towards a Postsecular International Politics. In: Mavelli, Luca and Petito, Fabio, eds. Towards a Postsecular International Politics: New Forms of Community, Identity, and Power. Culture and Religion in International Relations . Palgrave Macmillan, New York, pp. 1-28. ISBN 978-1-137-34177-8. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:42807)

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Abstract

The thriving debate on religion in international politics has recently seen the emergence of the postsecular as a new object of study. This is an attempt to move beyond the secular/religious divide, a foundational dimension of Western modernity, to account for a momentous transformation of the international system which affects existing forms of political community, identity, and power. At the heart of this transformation is the progressive blurring of the boundary between the secular and the religious; the clash of secular and postsecular formations; the emergence of new forms of political community characterized by a reconsideration of traditional secular and religious sources of authority, legitimacy, and power; and the emergence of new identities which challenge existing secular and religious formations by drawing on postsecular imaginaries.

Item Type: Book section
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion
J Political Science
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Politics and International Relations
Depositing User: Luca Mavelli
Date Deposited: 02 Sep 2014 18:41 UTC
Last Modified: 17 Aug 2022 10:57 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/42807 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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