Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Paradox of LiberationCondition: NewEAN: 9780300223637ISBN: 9780300223637Publisher: Yale University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 01/03/2017Item Height: 210mmItem Length: 140mmItem Weight: 181gAuthor: Michael WalzerLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: Secular Revolutions and Religious CounterrevolutionsISBN-10: 0300223633Description: A thought-provoking reflection on why secular national liberation movements are so often challenged by militant religious revivals Many of the successful campaigns for national liberation in the years following World War II were initially based on democratic and secular ideals. Once established, however, the newly independent nations had to deal with entirely unexpected religious fierceness. Michael Walzer, one of America’s foremost political thinkers, examines this perplexing trend by studying India, Israel, and Algeria, three nations whose founding principles and institutions have been sharply attacked by three completely different groups of religious revivalists: Hindu militants, ultra-Orthodox Jews and messianic Zionists, and Islamic radicals. In his provocative, well-reasoned discussion, Walzer asks, Why have these secular democratic movements been unable to reproduce their political culture beyond one or two generations? In a postscript, he compares the difficulties of contemporary secularism to the successful establishment of secular politics in the early American republic—thereby making an argument for American exceptionalism but gravely noting that we may be less exceptional today.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: Law & PoliticsTopic: Philosophy & Spirituality, HistoryRelease Year: 2017 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: The Paradox of Liberation
Title: The Paradox of Liberation
EAN: 9780300223637
ISBN: 9780300223637
Release Date: 01/03/2017
Release Year: 2017
Subtitle: Secular Revolutions and Religious Counterrevolutions
ISBN-10: 0300223633
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Book Title: Paradox of Liberation : Secular Revolutions and Religious Counterrevolutions
Number of Pages: 192 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
Topic: Theology, Modern / 20th Century, Fundamentalism, World / General, General, Political Ideologies / Democracy, Religion, Politics & State, Political Freedom
Item Height: 0.1 in
Publication Year: 2016
Genre: Religion, Political Science, History
Item Weight: 6.4 Oz
Author: Michael. Walzer
Item Length: 0.8 in
Item Width: 0.6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
